### **"Down pat"**:1. *After weeks of practice, she finally got the presentation down pat. *2. *He’s been playing chess for years and has all the strategies down pat. *3. *Once you get the recipe down pat, you can make this dish in your sleep. *
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4. *The actor had his character’s accent down pat by the time filming started. *
5. *I’ve been studying Spanish grammar, and I think I’ve got the verb conjugations down pat. *
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### **"Have down pat"**:
1. *She’s been dancing since she was a child and has the choreography for this routine down pat. *
2. *After months of training, the team had their defensive plays down pat. *
3. *He’s such a skilled programmer that he has the coding language down pat. *
4. *By the end of the course, I had all the historical dates and events down pat. *
5. *The magician had the card trick down pat, amazing the audience every time. *
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### **"Have down"**:
1. *I’ve been practicing my speech, and I think I have the opening lines down. *
2. *She’s been working on her painting technique and finally has the shading down. *
3. *Do you have the directions to the venue down, or should I write them out for you?*
4. *He’s been learning guitar, and he has the basic chords down now. *
5. *We’ve been rehearsing the play, and we have the first act down, but the second act still needs work. *
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### Key Differences:
- **"Down pat"** and **"have down pat"** emphasize mastery or perfect understanding.
- **"Have down"** is more general and means you understand or can do something, but it doesn’t necessarily imply perfection.
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