glad-hand
verb [ I or T ] informal uk/ˈɡlæd.hænd/ us/ˈɡlæd.hænd/
（常指出于某种目的）热烈欢迎（或招呼、接待）
to be very friendly to people you have not met before, usually as a way of trying to get an advantage
They were hired as team ambassadors, mainly to glad-hand with fans. 他们被聘为球队大使，主要任务是跟球迷热情互动。
It's not his style to glad-hand people to get votes. 为了获得选票而与人热情互动并不是他的风格。
See: glad-handing
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- He turned up in Paris to glad-hand potential sponsors for the team.
- She'd rather raise money for charities than glad-hand with celebrities.
- He did not try either to glad-hand me or to impress me with his importance.