Slap on the wrist meaning in English

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Definition

to get a slap on the wrist: to be given a small punishment idiom
a slap: a smack, a hit (with the open hand) usually on the face noun
the wrist: the part of the body that joins the arm to the hand (it's where we wear bracelets!) noun

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