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pat leave

pat leave noun: clipped compound of paternity leave.

Noun

pat leave (countable and uncountable, plural pat leaves)

  1. (informal) Clipped compound of paternity leave.
    • “When male academics go on pat leave, you can be damn sure they're working on projects. It's equal-opportunity publish or perish, leaking breasts or not.”2008, Kate Jacobs, Knit Two, Penguin, →ISBN

Forms of pat leave

pluralpat leaves

Questions about pat leave

What does pat leave mean?
Pat leave means clipped compound of paternity leave.
What part of speech is pat leave?
Pat leave is a noun.
What is the plural of pat leave?
The plural of pat leave is pat leaves.

Words near pat leave in the dictionary

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

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