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pat leaves

pat leaves is the plural of pat leave.

Meaning of pat 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

Questions about pat leaves

What is pat leaves the plural of?
Pat leaves is the plural of pat leave.

Words near pat leaves in the dictionary

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

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