"press the flesh" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-press the flesh.ogg Forms: presses the flesh [present, singular, third-person], pressing the flesh [participle, present], pressed the flesh [participle, past], pressed the flesh [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} press the flesh (third-person singular simple present presses the flesh, present participle pressing the flesh, simple past and past participle pressed the flesh)
  1. (idiomatic) To shake hands and socialize, especially in a political gathering. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-press_the_flesh-en-verb-w60KJquE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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