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back-patting

[ bak-pat-ing ]
/ ˈbækˌpæt ɪŋ /
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noun
an act or instance of offering praise or congratulation: The winners indulged in a certain amount of mutual back-patting.
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Words nearby back-patting

back out, backpack, back-paddle, back pass, back passage, back-patting, back pay, back-pedal, back plastering, backplate, backpressure
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How to use back-patting in a sentence

  • All this back patting, people say, has made our children lazy and created a sense of entitlement.

    My Loser Kid Should Get a Trophy|Brandy Zadrozny|August 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

  • And in all this outpouring of sentiment, this hand-shaking and back-patting, nobody thought to offer a kind word to old Waddles.

    Fore!|Charles Emmett Van Loan

  • More back patting, crowding up, conscious blushes, and congratulations.

    Tom, Dick and Harry|Talbot Baines Reed
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