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shake hands

verb as in meet halfway

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The winning quarterback, junior Michael Gonzalez, heard a strange sound while shaking hands.

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Johnson's "expressions of over-optimism" about the impact of Covid also undermined official health advice, the report says - including speaking about shaking hands in hospital the day before launching a handwashing campaign.

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Cruise, 63, was still shaking hands and posing for pictures long after the ceremony ended Sunday night.

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India’s men refused to shake hands with their Pakistani opponents at the Asia Cup in September, since when neither side has shown signs of making up.

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Itoje was just shaking hands, cool as you like, and Pollock ran at him and they embraced.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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