Sentence examples for back handing from inspiring English sources

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Lagrimita went to tie Delacruz's hands behind his back, handing his pistol to an associate.

Vivendi later bought those businesses back, handing USA a huge profit.

Washington gave the Wall Street banks billions, and, in return, they stabbed us in the back, handing out a fortune in bonuses to the grifters who almost wrecked our economy.

But for the rest of us, is there any meaning beyond patting someone on the back, handing over a ton of cash -- $1.3 million for today's winner -- and ruffling feathers over whether the awards committee had displayed great wisdom or lost its collective mind, shown political courage or succumbed to cravenness?

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The soldiers stared back, hands gripping AK-47's.

(Head first, arms behind your back, hands grabbing your ankles).

The doctor steps back, hands folded before him.

She sits back, hands up, indicating that Mather must remove the boy himself.

But one delivered from the President with a slight back hand.

She stood in the back, hands on hips, admiring her handiwork.

Vaughan pats the back of his hand in encouragement - a proper back handed compliment at the fielding.

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