Back-pat

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of pat on the back.

    "It was also a back-pat to the NRA, which had already successfully lobbied the administration to amend its stay-at-home guidance to include gun stores within the exceptions for essential businesses."

Verb
  1. 1
    Synonym of pat on the back.

    "Barney has always back-patted himself that he is without an equal on the dirt track."

Synonyms

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pat on the backpat on the back

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"It was also a back-pat to the NRA, which had already successfully lobbied the administration to amend its stay-at-home guidance to include gun stores within the exceptions for essential businesses."

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back-patty

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