work the room

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İngilizce - İngilizce
To interact enthusiastically with the attendees at an event, by moving among them, greeting them, and engaging them in conversation

As a campaigning politician, he really knew how to shake hands, kiss babies, and work the room.

To interact with one's audience, taking cues from its reactions and adapting one's performance or words to elicit the audience's attention and enthusiasm

In show business parlance, Miss Hudson knows how to work the room. Her comic turns are as rooted in vaudeville as her high-style wit is straight out of the smart supper club circuit.

(deyim) Move around the room trying to meet people who can help you in your career or business.- We watched Tony work the room - glass in hand, smiling and chatting with anybody who might become a client or an ally
work the room