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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
glad-hand .
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Examples
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He wore a New York Mets jersey, which he admitted still felt a little funny, as he glad-handed with his old Nationals teammates.
Willie Harris moves on with the Mets, but he misses the Nationals 2011
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Within barely a minute or two of Hayes being narced out, a floor staffer walked on to the floor and hustled Hayes out, but not before he glad-handed and back slapped every Senator he saw walking in.
HUFFPOST HILL - Senate FAIL The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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He then breezed across the street to Congress, where he glad-handed long enough to be on the road back to Baguio past midnight.
Peter Owen Nelson: Pacquiao: His Own Biggest Distraction Peter Owen Nelson 2010
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He then breezed across the street to Congress, where he glad-handed long enough to be on the road back to Baguio past midnight.
Peter Owen Nelson: Pacquiao: His Own Biggest Distraction Peter Owen Nelson 2010
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The deal was that the local Dems would bring out the folks to the lobby of the chartered plane terminal at the local airport -- usually a prettied up hangar -- get their name tags on, entertain them with refreshments and local politicians (this was the first time I was ever glad-handed and it freaked me out), and then line them up along the wall when Hillary's plane landed.
Betraying Hillary 2008
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He then breezed across the street to Congress, where he glad-handed long enough to be on the road back to Baguio past midnight.
Peter Owen Nelson: Pacquiao: His Own Biggest Distraction Peter Owen Nelson 2010
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To that end, the inspection team, which is led by Harold Mayne-Nicholls, president of the Chile Football Association, and includes Danny Jordaan, the organizer of South Africa's World Cup, were glad-handed by Nick Clegg, the U.K.
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She glad-handed fans, she smiled for the cameras, and essentially became the tournament's It-girl.
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In a large Tesco supermarket, Mr. Brown glad-handed staff and shoppers.
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The deal was that the local Dems would bring out the folks to the lobby of the chartered plane terminal at the local airport -- usually a prettied up hangar -- get their name tags on, entertain them with refreshments and local politicians (this was the first time I was ever glad-handed and it freaked me out), and then line them up along the wall when Hillary's plane landed.
SeeLight: 2008
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