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pat on the back
Idioms and Phrases
A word or gesture of support, approval, or praise, as in The bonus she gave her assistant was a pat on the back for doing a good job . [Early 1800s]Example Sentences
A pat on the back because two wrongs don’t make a right?
Isn’t that premature for a pat on the back?
And can we please stop with the log-rolling in which public officials thank Gov. Newsom or President Biden for taking a call and promising to help out, as if they deserve a pat on the back for responding to a catastrophic, life-altering, developing disaster?
Duckett consoled Bethell with a pat on the back as he walked off.
Century missed, Bethell received a rousing ovation from the crowd and a consoling pat on the back from Duckett, who fell short of his own ton by playing on off Southee.
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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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