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scratch someone's back
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Idioms and Phrases
Do someone a favor in hopes that a favor will be returned. For example, I don't mind driving this time—she's scratched my back plenty of times . It also is put as you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours , as in If you do the laundry I'll do the cooking—you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours . This idiom was first recorded in 1704.Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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