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glad hand
(redirected from glad-hand)

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*glad hand
Fig. an overly friendly welcome; a symbol of insincere attention. (*Typically: get ~; give someone ∼.) Whenever I go into that store, I get the glad hand. I hate to go to a party and get the glad hand.
See also: glad, hand


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For some, it's a chance to glad-hand old colleagues and scope out the competition.
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