Idiom
cross someone's palm
Meaning
To pay for goods or a service.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You must cross his palm to get the service.”
“The official refused to sign the documents until I crossed his palm with a significant amount of cash.”
“In the shadows of the marketplace, the merchant expected you to cross his palm before he would reveal the location of the hidden goods.”
Examples
simple
“You must cross his palm to get the service.”
contextual
“The official refused to sign the documents until I crossed his palm with a significant amount of cash.”
complex
“In the shadows of the marketplace, the merchant expected you to cross his palm before he would reveal the location of the hidden goods.”
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