Usually means: Encouraging gesture, pat on back.
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General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. slap on the back: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. slap on the back: Collins English Dictionary
  3. slap on the back: TheFreeDictionary.com
  4. slap on the back: Wiktionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slap on the back: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slap on the back: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (slap on the back)

noun:  Commendations.

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