Grip-and-grin
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An event at which one is expected to smile and shake hands for a photograph. colloquial
- 2 A photograph of people looking towards the camera and smiling while they shake hands, typically taken at such an event. colloquial
"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."
Example
More examples"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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