Usually means: Shaking hands, meeting people personally.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. press the flesh: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. press the flesh: Merriam-Webster
  3. press the flesh: Collins English Dictionary
  4. press the flesh: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. press the flesh: Wiktionary
  6. press the flesh: Dictionary.com
  7. press the flesh: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. press the flesh: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. press the flesh: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. press the flesh: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. press the flesh: Urban Dictionary

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verb:  (idiomatic) To shake hands and socialize, especially in a political gathering.

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