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down cold

down cold phrase: mastered perfectly; especially, mastered perfectly through memorization.

Phrase

down cold

  1. (US, informal) Mastered perfectly; especially, mastered perfectly through memorization.
    • they've got it down cold

Questions about down cold

What does down cold mean?
Down cold means mastered perfectly; especially, mastered perfectly through memorization.
What part of speech is down cold?
Down cold is a phrase.

Words near down cold in the dictionary

  1. down bow
  2. down bows
  3. down bubble
  4. down but not out
  5. down cellar
  6. down cold
  7. down dog
  8. down dogs
  9. down east
  10. Down Easter
  11. Down Easters

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