Alternative form of take down a notch

(chiefly US, idiomatic) To sentence a person to execution by means of the electric chair.

(idiomatic, of an emotion) Very obvious, from someone's facial expression.

To follow (a leader or de facto leader) without question or thought, with potential disastrous consequences

(idiomatic) To punish or subdue someone.

Alternative form of cross someone's palm

(idiomatic) To bribe a person.

(idiomatic) To pay for goods or a service.

(idiomatic) To maintain personal, social, political, or legal pressure on someone in order to induce him or her to comply with one's desires; to hold someone accountable for his or her actions.

To speak to someone in private.