(off) by heart

(off) by heart
FROM MEMORY, off pat, by rote, word for word, verbatim, parrot-fashion, word-perfect.
heart

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(off) by heart phrase
if you know something by heart, you can remember all the words in it without any help

We learned long passages of poetry off by heart.

Thesaurus: words used to describe memory and memorieshyponym to remembersynonym
Main entry: heart

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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