Quick -- What does "off pat" mean to an Australian?

[Kieron Lawson]

Maybe he's mixed 'off by heart' & 'down pat'?

If so, 'down pat' means something like 'understood perfectly':
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=down+pat&r=67

Cheers,
Kieron



Thursday, March 28, 2002, 5:58:31 AM, you wrote:

> FoRKers, please help.

> I'm working on a business plan and one of the comments
> about a fact was that "we need to have this off pat".
> This from an Australian lawyer.

> Does this mean that I need to hide it, say more about
> it, or just know what's behind it?

> Google returns a lot of interesting things, but nothing
> that's helpful here.

> Thanks,

> Jeff;

> PS - Why do we have all of these incompatible versions of
>      English, anyway?






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