past master

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*past master (at something)

Fig. someone proven extremely good or skillful at an activity. (*Typically: be ~; become ~.) Mary is a past master at cooking omelets. Pam is a past master at the art of complaining.

See also: master, past

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When he left the stateroom Tarzan himself could not have told that an article in it had been touched since he left it--Paulvitch was a past master in his chosen field. The Return of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context Morison was a past master in the art of insidious boasting. The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context He was overwhelmed, buried beneath avalanches of punches delivered from every angle and position by a past master in the art. The Night-Born by London, Jack View in context			pass judgment pass judgment on pass muster pass off pass off as pass on pass out pass over pass sentence on pass the buck pass the hat pass the hat around pass the smell test pass the time pass the time of day pass the torch pass through pass through mind pass to pass under pass up passing passport to past past caring past master past prime paste paste down paste on paste one paste up pasture pastures new pat pat answer pat down pat on pat on the back patch patch a quarrel up patch together patch up path path of least resistance paths cross patience Patience is a virtue patient as Job patriot patter			Past Grand Knight Past Grand Knight Past Grand Marshal Past Grand Master Past Grand Matriarch Past Grand Patriarch past health Past Health History past help Past High Priest Past historic Past history Past Honored Queen past hope Past Inquirer Test List Past International Director Past International President Past life Past life Past life Past life regression Past Life Regression Therapy Past Life Therapist Past Life Therapists Association past life therapy past light cone Past lives Past lives Past lives past master Past Master Councilor Past Master Councilor - Meritorious Service Award Past Masters Past Masters Volume 1 Past Masters Volume 2 Past Medical History Past Modern Performance Duo Past National Commander Past National President Past Obstetric History Past Over Dosed Past Paper Question past participle past participle past participle Past participles Past participles past perfect past perfect tense Past Performance Automated Information System Past Performance Data Base Past Performance Evaluation Guide Past Performance Evaluation Team Past Performance Information Past Performance Information Management System Past Performance Information Retrieval System Past Performance Management Information System

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