grease (one's) hand

To bribe someone discreetly by slipping money into his or her hand. A: "How are we going to get a table without a reservation?" B: "Don't worry, I greased the hostess' hand, and she promised us a table in no time." I greased my brother's hand to stop him from telling mom that I had a party while she was away.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Iakovu	-	Old Church Slavic
Kristian	KREES-tyahn (Swedish), KREES-tee-ahn (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Katarine	kah-tah-REE-nə	German
Jared	JER-əd (English), JAR-əd (English)	English, Biblical
Yevgeniy	yev-GYE-nee, eev-GYE-nee	Russian
Angelica	an-JEL-i-kə (English), ahn-JE-lee-kah (Italian)	English, Italian, Romanian, Literature