off pat



off pat

Perfectly; to a point of flawless and effortless execution. (Typically "have or learn something off pat.") I made sure to learn my speech off pat before the ceremony so I wouldn't spend the whole time looking down at piece of paper. My sister is such a musical prodigy that she can have a song off pat after listening to it only once or twice.
See also: off, pat

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ÇİĞDem-Turkish
Giorginojor-JEE-noItalian
Bale[beil]
Oden-Norse Mythology
'Abla-Arabic
Aleksandraah-lyek-SAHN-drah (Russian), ah-leek-SAHN-drah (Russian), ahl-ek-SAHN-drah (Polish)Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Estonian