grease the palm of someone
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grease the palm of — informal bribe (someone) * * * grease the palm of (someone) (or US grease the hand of (someone)) : to give (someone) money for doing something illegal or dishonest for you They had to grease the palms of a few inspectors at city hall to get the… … Useful english dictionary
grease — [griːs] verb informal 1. grease somebody s palm to give someone money in a secret or dishonest way in order to persuade them to do something: • The chairman finally admitted that he, too, was forced to grease a few palms along the way. 2. grease… … Financial and business terms
grease someone's palm — grease (someone s) palm to give money to someone in authority in order to persuade them to do something for you, especially something wrong. Drug barons were greasing the palm of the chief of police … New idioms dictionary
grease palm — grease (someone s) palm to give money to someone in authority in order to persuade them to do something for you, especially something wrong. Drug barons were greasing the palm of the chief of police … New idioms dictionary
palm — grease someone s palm have someone in the palm of one s hand palm off … Thesaurus of popular words
palm — palm1 /pahm/, n. 1. the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers. 2. the corresponding part of the forefoot of an animal. 3. the part of a glove covering this part of the hand. 4. Also called… … Universalium
palm — 1 noun (C) 1 the inside surface of your hand between the base of your fingers and your wrist: He held the pebble in the palm of his hand. 2 a palm tree 3 hold/have sb in the palm of your hand to have a strong influence on someone, so that they do … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
palm — palm1 [pa:m US pa:m, pa:lm] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of hand)¦ 2¦(tree)¦ 3 hold/have somebody in the palm of your hand 4 read somebody s palm ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(PART OF HAND)¦ the inside surface of your hand, in which you hold things in sb s palm ▪ She… … Dictionary of contemporary English
palm — 1. an indication of bribery The hand of the recipient is upturned: You yourself Are much condemn d to have an itching palm. (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar) Whence to anoint a palm, to bribe, and many punning terms for bribery such as… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
palm — I. /pam / (say pahm) noun 1. that part of the inner surface of the hand which extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers. 2. the corresponding part of the forefoot of an animal. 3. the part of a glove covering the palm. 4. a metal shield… …
