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Chris -- 2018-04-11
as in, “I had it down packed,” meaning “I knew it well.”
spoken by one of my patients today (so I can’t tell whether she would have spelled it “packed” or “pact” – I think the former is more likely.)
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Ah. I see I’ve been pipped at the post…
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Just heard this last week at work.
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