"skin and grin" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: skins and grins [present, singular, third-person], skinning and grinning [participle, present], skinned and grinned [participle, past], skinned and grinned [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|skin<> and grin<>}} skin and grin (third-person singular simple present skins and grins, present participle skinning and grinning, simple past and past participle skinned and grinned)
  1. (informal, derogatory) To behave in an insincerely cheerful way toward somebody, often by way of flattery or flirtation. Tags: derogatory, informal

Inflected forms

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