PATTED DOWN Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

patted down

verb

past tense of pat down

as in hunted (through)

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Models literally ran down the catwalk at times during Adidas’ high-octane show with multiple acts.

— Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
The documentary came off iPlayer last year after its window ran down.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

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And as the most recent press secretary found out, you can be fired from the position just as quickly as you were hired.

— Chandelis Duster, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026
The town of Fort Myers Beach issued permits for flood panels for a few years, until FEMA found out and put a stop to it, per reporting by the Cape Coral Breeze.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

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The members’ primary responsibility is to count ballots that were not scanned, which includes mail-in ballots, provisional ballots or if a scanner was down at a voting site, Campolo said.

— Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
The original 16 mm A/B-rolls were scanned at 4K and restored by BB Optics.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026

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