What a politician does (or should be doing if s/he hopes to get elected) during the run-up to an election. It means to make contact with the voters by means of personal skin to skin contact (but hopefully non-sexual), such as shaking hands and kissing babies. In a general sense it implies getting out and getting in the face of as many different voters as possible because if they meet someone they're probably more likely to have a positive opinion of them than the candidates that they didn't meet in person.
Mr. Bush probably doesn't need to go out and press the flesh because he is running for re-election based on his first term record.
by PlaceHolder August 11, 2004
Get the press the fleshmug. by captain Swagger October 13, 2011
Get the French Pressmug. by Duzkval7/7 July 7, 2019
Get the Gay Pressingmug. by Boonedockboy 1980 October 3, 2020
Get the Press sheetsmug. Pressing one's lips in a tight circular pucker while chewing food. A technique used by Mukbangers during a Mukbang video in an attempt to keep large quantities of food within the mouth. Any race/nationality can do the Korean Press; called thus because the origin of the Mukbang is Korean.
by Rainalot_ November 16, 2019
Get the Korean Pressmug. Press pressure is the act of one or more people pressuring you into answering questions so you can admit to doing something. This tactic is often used by FBI to interrogate criminals to confess to committing a crime, even if they didn't do it.
"I can't believe they made Marion Jones confess to using steroids by use of press pressure" said nobody ever
by TheBadBaneTiger November 17, 2021
Get the press pressuremug. When you're high and dehydrated and you've held it too long and a telephone pole is suddenly calling your name. See anticipiss.
by car-bender December 10, 2017
Get the press-a-pissmug.