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Meaning of press flesh | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To shake hands.

colloquial

Examples

“[…] the newspapers and news programs are full of stories how the mayor rolled out the red carpet, the aldermen pressed flesh, the governor offered a proclamation and union representatives grinned ear to ear.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

press forward press home press into service press on press one's case press one's luck