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press the flesh en · VERB
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(idiomatic) To shake hands and socialize, especially in a political gathering.
I’ve followed candidates campaigning in the past, been to countless political-party and interest-group functions, and seen plenty of politicians press the flesh while I stand on the side with my notepad or sit at a rickety table with my laptop.
2021, Eric Garcia, We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation, Boston: Mariner Books, →ISBN, page 28:Bill Clinton was in full campaign form Tuesday. Hours behind schedule, he stopped to press the flesh with everyone in sight.
2008 January 23, “The Clintons Double-Team Obama”, in Time:
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