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back pat

back pat is the alternative form of back-pat.

Meaning of back-pat

Noun

back-pat (plural back-pats)

  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.2020 April 26, Harry Litman, “Beaten Red-and-Blue”, in Star Tribune, volume XXXIX, number 22, page A13
    Synonyms:
    pat on the back

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Forms of back pat

pluralback pats

Questions about back pat

What is back pat the alternative form of?
Back pat is the alternative form of back-pat.

Words near back pat in the dictionary

  1. back pains
  2. back pass
  3. back passage
  4. back passages
  5. back passes
  6. back pat
  7. back pats
  8. back pay
  9. back payment
  10. back payments
  11. back pays

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