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Meaning of grip-and-grin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  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

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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

grip-car grip-lit grip, grasp Gripe gripe water Griped

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