🔍 Meaning and Origin
"To expedite the building approval process, the contractor decided to ." 🔄 Synonyms and Variants grease one's palms
: This is an exceptionally old English idiom dating back to the first half of the 1500s. 📝 Common Sentence Examples 🔍 Meaning and Origin "To expedite the building
"Files rarely move in that government office unless you of the clerks." grease one's palms
(Usually refers to smoothing out a situation, sometimes without illegal bribery) Oil someone's palm Palm grease (Used as a noun to mean the actual bribe money) Pay a kickback or give a handout ⚠️ Tone and Connotation
