Backscratching

"Backscratching" in a Sentence (4 examples)

Near-synonym: logrolling

She babysits the kids, and we mow her lawn. A little backscratching never hurt anybody!

You have to "tip" the inspector if you want a license in this town. Too much backscratching around here!

They discovered a citation ring: a group of researchers citing one another inordinately. This backscratching aimed to inflate their article-level metrics and author-level metrics.

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