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Definition pat down in American English

pat down phrasal verb

[transitive] phrasal verb
1

to touch someone's clothes in order to check whether they are carrying something such as a weapon or illegal drugs, for example at an airport

Example

A woman was brought over to pat me down.

Definition pat down in American English