slapping on the wrist
slapping on the wrist is the present participle and gerund of slap on the wrist.
Meaning of slap on the wrist
Verb
slap on the wrist (third-person singular simple present slaps on the wrist, present participle slapping on the wrist, simple past and past participle slapped on the wrist)
- Synonym of wrist-slap.
- Gorbachev played a skillful diplomatic game in Asia. While enhancing Soviet relations with South Korea—moving from no ties to full diplomatic relations in only three years— he continued to back North Korea, though slapping its leader on the wrist for its nuclear program. While Soviet trade with...1992, Richard Nixon, “The Pacific Triangle”, in Seize the Moment, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 189
- Synonyms:
- wrist-slap
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slap, wrist.
Questions about slapping on the wrist
- What is slapping on the wrist the present participle and gerund of?
- Slapping on the wrist is the present participle and gerund of slap on the wrist.
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