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Definition of back-patting

: the act or an instance of complimenting or congratulating (as for merit or achievement) the time for back-patting is not yet — Manufacturing Confectioner

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First Known Use of back-patting

1926, in the meaning defined above

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“Back-patting.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back-patting. Accessed 11 December 2019.

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