Phrasal verbs

Action that was taken too late and is too feeble to be of any use.

I bet the UBER bros will be patting themselves in the back after they finish what they should have done a year ago. Praise given to a person for an achievement or a job well done. Treating his daughter to ice cream was Joe's way of giving her a pat on the back after she won first place in the science fair. The only reason she stays late at work is to receive a pat on the back from her boss.

a slang term for the naked human body.

good friends who get in trouble together or get each other in trouble and laugh about it. we always get in trouble together. you're my partner in crime!

to become more accepting of someone or something. Finally, he opened up to the suggestion that he should leave. Finally the boss opened up to the notion of Tom as a manager.

I'll be watching over you no matter how far we're apart. watch over someone or something to keep guard over someone or something; to care for someone or something. Could you please watch over my little girl while I go to the store? I will watch over your house while you are away. watch over somebody/something to protect and feel responsible for the care of someone or something She had to watch over her four young children. He watched over his vegetable garden, trying to think up ways to keep the deer away from it.

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