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greases someone's palm

greases someone's palm is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grease someone's palm.

Meaning of grease someone's palm

Verb

grease someone's palm (third-person singular simple present greases someone's palm, present participle greasing someone's palm, simple past and past participle greased someone's palm)

  1. (idiomatic) To bribe a person.
    • I was never guilty of disloyalty to King Lewis, but I killed my wife's mother, pardieu!—which the judge seemed to think almost as vile, till I sent a friend to grease his palm with the last sou of my patrimony.1891, Arthur Quiller-Couch, chapter 11, in The Blue Pavilions

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What is greases someone's palm the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Greases someone's palm is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grease someone's palm.

Words near greases someone's palm in the dictionary

  1. greaser
  2. greasers
  3. greases
  4. greases it on
  5. greases one's gills
  6. greases someone's palm
  7. greases the skids
  8. greases the wheels
  9. greases up
  10. greasest
  11. greaseth

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