palm

/pɑm/, /pɑlm/ n [C]

Definition

› the inside part of your hand from your wrist to the base of your fingers: I wiped my palm on my shirt.

(Definition of palm n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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