DOCTOR'S MANDATE

PRONUNCIATION: (DOK-tuhrz MAN-dayt)

MEANING: noun: Full authority to deal with a crisis.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin doctor (teacher, later physician), from docere (to teach) + mandate, from Latin mandare (to commission, literally, to give into someone’s hand), from manus (hand) + date, from dare (to give). Earliest documented use: 1931.
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DOCTOR STAND, ATE - when the surgeon didn't have time to go to the cafeteria

DOCTOR'S ANDANTE - Doc isn't particularly fast; it's more like walking speed

D ACTOR'S MANDATE - "The Show Must Go On"