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adjective
1.
exactly to the point or purpose; apt; opportune: a pat solution to a problem.
2.
excessively glib; unconvincingly facile: His answers were too pat to suit the examining board.
3.
learned, known, or mastered perfectly or exactly: to have something pat.
adverb
4.
exactly or perfectly.
5.
aptly; opportunely.
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Stand pat
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
6.
down pat, mastered or learned perfectly: If you're an actor, you have to get your lines down pat. Also, down cold.
7.
stand pat,
a.
to cling or hold firm to one's decision, policy, or beliefs: The government must stand pat in its policy.
b.
Poker. to play a hand as dealt, without drawing other cards.
Related forms
pat·ness, noun
pat·ter, noun
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World English Dictionary
| stand pat | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | poker to refuse the right to change any of one's cards; keep one's hand unchanged |
| 2. | to resist change or remain unchanged |
| 'stand'patter | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
pat
"apt, suitably," 1578, perhaps a special use of pat (n.) in sense of "hitting" the mark. The adj. is 1638, from the adverb.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
stand pat (on (sth)) definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
stand pat
Refuse to change one's position or opinion, as in We're going to stand pat on this amendment to the bylaws. This expression may be derived from the verb pat in the sense of "strike firmly and accurately." [Late 1800s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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