grease someone's palm
grease someone's palm · greases someone's palm · greased someone's palm · greasing someone's palm
To bribe a personTo bribe a person.
» Unfortunately, you won't get anything done in that office unless you grease someone's palm.
Leider wirst du in diesem Büro nichts gemacht bekommen, falls du nicht jemanden schmierst. — Manfredo
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1 senses(idiomatic)To bribe a person.
Examples
3 sentencesUnfortunately, you won't get anything done in that office unless you grease someone's palm.
deLeider wirst du in diesem Büro nichts gemacht bekommen, falls du nicht jemanden schmierst. — Manfredo
That politician won't meet you unless you grease his palm.
deDieser Politiker wird sich nicht mit dir treffen, wenn du ihn nicht schmierst. — samueldora
I greased Tom's palm.
ruЯ подмазал Тома. — fjay69
deIch habe Tom geschmiert. — AqQoyriq_1
Translations
4 languagesForms
greases someone's palm, greasing someone's palm, greased someone's palm, greased someone's palm| Base form | grease someone's palm · to grease someone's palm |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | greases someone's palm |
| Present participle | greasing someone's palm |
| Past simple | greased someone's palm |
| Past participle | greased someone's palm |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | grease someone's palm |
| he, she, it | greases someone's palm |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | greased someone's palm |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have greased someone's palm |
| he, she, it | has greased someone's palm |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will grease someone's palm |
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedgrease payment
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle