单词 | buy someone off |
释义 | (phrasal verb) Definition to pay (someone) to drop a charge or end opposition The ruling party tried to buy off voters. Synonyms bribe The company bribed the workers to be quiet. square fix (informal) They offered players bribes to fix a league match. pay off (informal) lure corrupt The ability to corrupt judges was fundamental to their operations. get at suborn grease someone's palm (slang) influence by gifts oil the palm of (informal) Additional synonymsin the sense of corrupt The ability to corrupt judges was fundamental to their operations. Synonyms bribe, square, fix (informal), buy off, suborn, grease (someone's) palm (slang) in the sense of fix Definition to unfairly influence the outcome of They offered players bribes to fix a league match. Synonyms rig, set up (informal), influence, manipulate, bribe, manoeuvre, fiddle (informal), pull strings (informal) in the sense of grease someone's palm Synonyms buy, influence, square, fix (informal), pay off (informal), bribe, induce, corrupt, suborn, give a backhander (slang) Nearby words of |
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