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back-pat

noun

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  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.
    • He’s earned all the best back-pats from all the greasiest palms in Tallahassee and beyond.
    • First back-pat was for the confirmation of over 200 conservative federal district judges and two conservative Supreme Court justices: Gorsuch and Kavanaugh.

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