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shake hands
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Princeton's WordNet
shake handsverb
take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation
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shake handsverb
To grasp another person's hands in a greeting.
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shake hands
Shake hands is a gesture or action where two people grasp each other's right hands and move them up and down, often as a form of greeting, agreement, congratulation, or farewell. It is a social custom prevalent in many cultures worldwide.
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handshakes
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shake hands in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shake hands in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of shake hands in a Sentence
She actually made a joke coming into the studio saying' we shouldn't shake hands we should bump elbows.' So we bumped elbows.
There are some politicians out there who are like, ‘Let me get in a photo with some Asian people. Let me walk through Chinatown, shake hands with a few Asian community leaders and that’s it. I got the Asian vote,’ no. You actually need to be in tune with what this demographic needs.
People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
You have to spend money, you have to shake hands. You have to have a message for your movie.
It looks a bit difficult for two countries' leaders to shake hands and sign a deal this month. What is more likely is to essentially kick the can, with China buying more U.S. farm products while the U.S. postpones its next tariffs, markets will consider such an arrangement as a de facto deal whether they officially sign it or not.
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