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press the flesh

press the flesh
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pres stressed th ee flesh]
    • /prɛs stressed ði flɛʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pres stressed th ee flesh]
    • /prɛs stressed ði flɛʃ/

Definitions of press the flesh words

  • noun press the flesh the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat. 1
  • noun press the flesh muscular and fatty tissue. 1
  • noun press the flesh this substance or tissue in animals, viewed as an article of food, usually excluding fish and sometimes fowl; meat. 1
  • noun press the flesh fatness; weight. 1
  • noun press the flesh the body, especially as distinguished from the spirit or soul: The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 1
  • noun press the flesh the physical or animal nature of humankind as distinguished from its moral or spiritual nature: the needs of the flesh. 1
See all 25 definitions of press the flesh

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Origin of press the flesh

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English flesc, Old English flǣsc; cognate with Old Frisian flēsk, Old High German fleisk (German Fleisch), Old Norse flesk bacon

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Parts of speech for Press the flesh

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Press the flesh

press the flesh popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for press the flesh

verb press the flesh

  • campaign — A campaign is a planned set of activities that people carry out over a period of time in order to achieve something such as social or political change.
  • crusaded — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
  • hit the trail — (Idiomatic) To leave or depart.
  • muckrake — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
  • muckraking — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
All 8 Synonyms of press the flesh

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