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greasing someone's palm

greasing someone's palm is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about greasing someone's palm

What is greasing someone's palm the present participle and gerund of?
Greasing someone's palm is the present participle and gerund of grease someone's palm.

Words near greasing someone's palm in the dictionary

  1. greasiness
  2. greasinesses
  3. greasing
  4. greasing it on
  5. greasing one's gills
  6. greasing someone's palm
  7. greasing the skids
  8. greasing the wheels
  9. greasing up
  10. greasings
  11. Greasley

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