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/ˈpætˌdaʊn/ · noun
(US, informal) An act of patting somebody's clothes to check for concealed weapons, etc..
To avoid such charges, airline screeners moved to random processes that led to patdowns of congressional representatives and mild-mannered elderly women...
Use pat down when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pat down means (US, informal) An act of patting somebody's clothes to check for concealed weapons, etc..
Common synonyms include frisk, frisking.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
To avoid such charges, airline screeners moved to random processes that led to patdowns of congressional representatives and mild-mannered elderly women...
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