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Get it down pat

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Reply Sat 26 Jun, 2010 09:07 am
What does"Get it down pat" mean?
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Robert Gentel
 
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Reply Sat 26 Jun, 2010 12:09 pm
@Adverb,
Means to master something, to know it well.
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gustavratzenhofer
 
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Reply Sat 26 Jun, 2010 03:22 pm
What Nixon endeavored to accomplish for years, yet he died without fulfilling his mission. So sad..... so very, very sad.
dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 26 Jun, 2010 08:27 pm
@gustavratzenhofer,
gustavratzenhofer wrote:

What Nixon endeavored to accomplish for years, yet he died without fulfilling his mission. So sad..... so very, very sad.



So...you're back, not with a bang but a whimper.
laughoutlood
 
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Reply Sat 26 Jun, 2010 11:16 pm
@dlowan,
Quote:
not with a bang but a whimper


Do you succumb to the succinct?
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