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After party, knock back drinks, dance! (3,1,3)

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I believe the answer is:

dos-a-dos

'dance' is the definition.
(alternative spelling of 'do-si-do')

'after party knock back drinks' is the subsidiary indication.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'knock back' is a reversal indicator.
'drinks' becomes 'sodas' (soda is a kind of drink**).
'sodas' back-to-front is 'sados'.
'do'+'sados' is 'dosados'.

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