grip-and-grins
grip-and-grins is the plural of grip-and-grin.
Meaning of grip-and-grin
Noun
grip-and-grin (plural grip-and-grins)
- An event at which one is expected to smile and shake hands for a photograph.
- A photograph of people looking towards the camera and smiling while they shake hands, typically taken at such an event.
- Banning the king from Cop27 looks clumsy. News that Sunak could make a U-turn dash to Egypt having learned that Johnson may go looks panicky. If he only stays for a brief grip-and-grin, that too will offend.2022 November 1, Polly Toynbee, “Rishi Sunak’s only been in office for a few days – and the errors are already piling up”, in The Guardian
Questions about grip-and-grins
- What is grip-and-grins the plural of?
- Grip-and-grins is the plural of grip-and-grin.
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