Idiom
grease someone's palm
Meaning
To bribe a person.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He had to grease the guard's palm to enter the building.”
“The contractor knew he would never get the permit on time unless he greased the official's palm.”
“In a city where corruption was common, the businessman realized that greasing the palm of a local politician was the only way to secure the lucrative contract.”
Examples
simple
“He had to grease the guard's palm to enter the building.”
contextual
“The contractor knew he would never get the permit on time unless he greased the official's palm.”
complex
“In a city where corruption was common, the businessman realized that greasing the palm of a local politician was the only way to secure the lucrative contract.”
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