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slap on the back
Idioms and Phrases
A gesture of congratulation, as in The coach gave him a slap on the back for coming in first . [Early 1800s]Example Sentences
AgustÃn Félix, a 26-year-old in tight jeans, expensive sneakers and a trucker hat, greeted Quintero with a slap on the back.
It wasn't exactly a slap on the back and a half-hearted "good luck", but it might as well have been.
"I think memberships need to get revoked way more, because a lot of the time it's just a slap on the back of the hand and you go back."
He gave me a hearty slap on the back, his gaze sparking with excitement.
I award the principal a booming slap on the back—because, hey, when am I ever going to get another chance to do that?
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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