Sentence examples for slap on from inspiring English sources

"slap on" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to describe a quick and forceful application of something, often with a flat hand or object. For example, "She slapped on the coat of paint with a brush."

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You can't slap on an existing one.

Slap on the wrist?

A slap on the wrist?

Not even a slap on the wrist.

Is a slap on the arm "confusing"?

"It's a slap on the wrist".

"A slap on the face".

How about just a slap on the wrist for a slap on the wrist?

It's quite a slap on the wrist.

"It was a slap on the wrist for him and slap on the face to me.

"Thirty days is a slap on the wrist," she said.

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