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pats down

pats down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pat down.

Meaning of pat down

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.

Questions about pats down

What is pats down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pats down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pat down.

Words near pats down in the dictionary

  1. patroons
  2. patroonship
  3. patroonships
  4. Patrylo
  5. pats
  6. pats down
  7. pats on the back
  8. pats-on-the-back
  9. Patschke
  10. Patshaling
  11. Patshishetshuanau

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