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pat down

pat down verb: to frisk; to check someone's body for concealed items, especially weapons.

Verb

pat down (third-person singular simple present pats down, present participle patting down, simple past and past participle patted down)

  1. (US, informal, transitive) To frisk; to check someone's body for concealed items, especially weapons.

Forms of pat down

third-person singular presentpats down
present participlepatting down
past participlepatted down
pastpatted down

Words formed from pat down

Questions about pat down

What does pat down mean?
Pat down means to frisk; to check someone's body for concealed items, especially weapons.
What part of speech is pat down?
Pat down is a verb.
What is the past tense of pat down?
The past tense of pat down is patted down.

Words near pat down in the dictionary

  1. Pasvalys
  2. Paszkiewicz
  3. Paszkiewiczes
  4. pat
  5. Pat and Mick
  6. pat down
  7. Pat Heung
  8. pat leave
  9. pat leaves
  10. pat on the back
  11. pat slide

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