GREASE ONE`S PALM

Meaning of GREASE ONE`S PALM in English

pay a person for something done or given - especially dishonestly, bribe someone We had to grease the palm of the customs agent at the border to get our goods into the country.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

GREASE ONE'S PALM — = grease the palm
Slang English vocab
GREASE ONE'S PALM — slang 1. To pay a person for something done or given, especially dishonestly; bribe. Some politicians will help you if …
American Idioms English vocabulary
GREASE ONE'S PALM — дать кому-л. "на лапу"; "подмазать"
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
GREASE ONE'S PALM — дать кому-л. "на лапу"; "подмазать"
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PALM — I Any of about 2,800 species of flowering, subtropical trees, shrubs, and vines that make up the family Arecaceae (or …
Английский словарь Британика
PALM — I. ˈpä]m, ˈpȧ] also ]lm; archaic ˈpam noun ( -s ) Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle English palme, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GREASE — I. ˈgrēs noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English grese, grees, from Old French craisse, graisse, cresse, gresse, from (assumed) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PALM — palm 1 /pahm/ , n. 1. the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GREASE — — greaseless , adj. — greaselessness , n. — greaseproof , adj. n. /grees/ ; v. /grees, greez/ , n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PALM — I. ˈpäm, ˈpälm, ˈpȯm, ˈpȯlm noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Latin palma palm of the hand, palm …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GREASE — I. ˈgrēs noun Etymology: Middle English grese, from Anglo-French gresse, greisse, creisse, from Vulgar Latin * crassia, from Latin crassus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PALM — vt to handle. 2. palm ·noun the flat inner face of an anchor fluke. 3. palm ·add. ·vt to "grease …
Webster English vocab
GREASE — vt to affect (a horse) with grease, the disease. 2. grease ·vt to cheat or cozen; to overreach. 3. grease …
Webster English vocab
PALM — [palm] n [ME, fr. OE, fr. L palma palm of the hand, palm tree; fr. the resemblance of the tree's …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GREASE — [grease] n [ME grese, fr. OF craisse, graisse, fr. (assumed) VL crassia, fr. L crassus fat] (13c) 1 a: rendered …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PALM — any flowering plant of the order Arecales and of the single family in the order, Arecaceae (Palmae). Many of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
GREASE — thick, oily lubricant consisting of inedible lard, the rendered fat of waste animal parts, or a petroleum-derived or synthetic oil …
Britannica English vocabulary
PALM — palm BrE AmE pɑːm § pɑːlm, § pælm, § pɒlm AmE pɑːlm pɑːm, pɔːlm, pɔːm — Preference polls, American English: …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PALM — / pɑːm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. the inner surface of the hand between the wrist and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREASE — / griːs; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] 1. any thick oily substance, especially one that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PALM — I. palm 1 /pɑːm $ pɑːm, pɑːlm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . PART OF HAND the inside surface of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GREASE — I. grease 1 /ɡriːs/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: craisse , graisse …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PALM — n. 1 any usu. tropical tree of the family Palmae, with no branches and a mass of large pinnate or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PALM — n. 1 any usu. tropical tree of the family Palmae, with no branches and a mass of large pinnate or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GREASE — n. & v. n. 1 oily or fatty matter esp. as a lubricant. 2 the melted fat of a dead …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PALM — 1. n.1 any usu. tropical tree of the family Palmae, with no branches and a mass of large pinnate or …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
GREASE — n. & v. --n. 1. oily or fatty matter esp. as a lubricant. 2 the melted fat of a dead …
Oxford English vocab
PALM — ( palms, palming, palmed) 1. A palm or a palm tree is a tree that grows in hot countries. It …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREASE — ( greases, greasing, greased) 1. Grease is a thick, oily substance which is put on the moving parts of cars …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREASE — (~s, greasing, ~d) 1. Grease is a thick, oily substance which is put on the moving parts of cars and …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PALM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES olive/lemon/palm etc grove ▪ He owns an orange grove near Tel Aviv. palm oil …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GREASE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PALM — off [phrasal verb] [M] - to persuade someone to accept (something) because you do not want it and it has …
Cambridge English vocab
PALM — n. coconut palm date palm palm PC Palm Springs Palm Sunday
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PALM — n. palm on palm upon palm on or upon palm grease palm off palm oil
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PALM — noun 1 flat part of the front of your hand ADJECTIVE ▪ soft ▪ sweaty ▪ warm ▪ flat , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GREASE — n. 25B6; noun axle grease : LUBRICANT, lubrication, unguent; informal lube. the kitchen was filmed with grease : FAT, oil, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PALM — I 1. сущ. 1) а) ладонь to read smb.'s palm ≈ гадать кому-л. по руке sweaty palm ≈ потная ладонь …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ONE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GREASE — 1. сущ. 1) а) топленое сало; жир to cut grease ≈ срезать жир to dissolve grease ≈ растапливать/топить жир a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PALM — palm.ogg _I pɑ:m n 1. бот. пальма ( Palmae ) 2. 1> пальмовая ветвь ( символ победы ) 2> победа …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ONE
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GREASE — grease.ogg 1. gri:s n 1. топлёное сало; жир grease spot - жирное пятно in prime /pride/ of grease - охот. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GREASE — 1) пластичный смазочный материал, консистентная смазка || смазывать консистентной смазкой 2) топлёный животный жир 3) зажиривать ( печатную форму ) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
GREASE — 1) пластичный смазочный материал, консистентная смазка || смазывать консистентной смазкой 2) топлёный животный жир 3) зажиривать (печатную форму) 4) метео ледяное сало • - aging-resistant …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PALM — I palm сущ.1) а) ладонь to read smb.'s palm — гадать кому-л. по руке sweaty palm — потная ладонь б) …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ONE — one числ. колич.1) один (число 1) one book — одна книга one million — один миллион one half — половина …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
GREASE — 1. grease сущ.1) а) топленое сало; жир to cut grease — срезать жир to dissolve grease — растапливать/топить жир a …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PALM — _I pɑ:m n 1. бот. пальма ( Palmae ) 2. 1> пальмовая ветвь ( символ победы ) 2> победа to …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ONE
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GREASE — 1. gri:s n 1. топлёное сало; жир grease spot - жирное пятно in prime /pride/ of grease - охот. жирный …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PALM — I p:m 1. сущ. 1) а) ладонь to read smb.'s palm — гадать кому-л. по руке sweaty palm — потная …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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