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grip-and-grin

noun

Definitions

  1. An event at which one is expected to smile and shake hands for a photograph.

  2. A photograph of people looking towards the camera and smiling while they shake hands,…

    A photograph of people looking towards the camera and smiling while they shake hands, typically taken at such an event.

    • Banning the king from Cop27 looks clumsy. News that Sunak could make a U-turn dash to Egypt having learned that Johnson may go looks panicky. If he only stays for a brief grip-and-grin, that too will offend.

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