to shake hands
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- phrasal verb
- /ʃeɪk hændz/
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darse la mano
- After the meeting, the two representatives smiled and shook hands to finalize the agreement.
- shake hands with the president
But once it it's over, shake hands and and just move on.
- But once it it's over, shake hands and and just move on.
- You didn't just walk out, shake hands and just forget about it.
- So we kind of shook hands like a gentleman's agreement.
- Get to hug him, shake hands with Idris Elba.
- And like you have to shake hands after you, after you play your match, right?
- I caught them shaking hands, took this picture.
- And the people in the French parliament refused to shake hands with the fascist.
- You know, you know, I'm a big fan of shaking hands and kissing babies.
- And there's like a commercial break and he goes to like, shake hands with people in the audience.
- You know, shake hands, do it with a bit of a firm grip.
- And Israel said, great, let's live together, let's shake hands.
- The three of them, the two KGB agents and my dad shake hands and hug.
- And after a while, I saw why, because he would really go shake hands with people, talk to them.
- But we went on the stage that night, the media, everyone saw us shake hands and it just went viral.
- It was great seeing every single one of you, all the faces meeting you, shaking hands.
Examples
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Did they make eye contact, smile or look away, shake hands or otherwise touch each other?
Academic text (1998) -
Come along Heathcliff, smile and shake hands.
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And like you have to shake hands after you, after you play your match, right?
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Just smile and shake hands.
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I want the two of you to shake hands.
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To dance with him and shake hands with him as the winner.
Fiction book (1991) -
Shake hands, and let's have a clean match.
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Now, we met like the first time that we actually met and shook hands was on a plane.
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Then last but certainly not least, we're going to shake hands because this is a gentlemanly sport.
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And after they shake hands, most of the time that's what I'm doing.
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Morphology
The technical sense in computing is a metaphorical extension of the physical gesture 'shake hands' (an act of greeting or agreement), so a learner who knows 'shake' and 'hand' can probably infer a general meaning of 'establishing a connection or agreement'. However, the specific notion of exchanging protocol messages or negotiating session parameters is technical and not directly predictable from the constituents, so full comprehension requires domain knowledge.
Etymology
Shake hands may come from an old habit of showing you had no weapon: people would offer an empty right hand and grip and move each other's hand to show trust and make an agreement. That's why shake hands means 'to greet', 'to agree', or 'to congratulate'.