Definition of "shake hands" []

• To grasp another person's hands in a greeting. (verb)

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• "I learned to waltz, fox-trot, eat with the correct fork, shake hands properly and walk with a book balanced on my head—a head that held a book, Alice informed me, because it wasflat."
• "Jackson shook hands with Graig Nettles, who was waiting to bat next—each man now had 27 homers for the season—and on his way back to the dugout, he detoured to shake hands with George Steinbrenner, who was seated in a front-row box between the Yankee dugout and home plate."
• "When Stuey entered the room, Mingh recognized him and went over to shake hands with him."