Business folks say this to 1) imply they can do favors, affect change, etc. and 2) sound macho.

Especially common among grown-up douchebro yuppie types.
Hydrogen fuel cells aren't a development priority this quarter? Let me see if I can poke the right bears to get this done.
by unicodebandito May 9, 2017
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