grease the wheels
Example Sentences
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London has stables of lawyers and accountants experienced at disguising sources of wealth and who help clients obtain visas that grease the wheels of business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Yet as long as unemployment remains low, Americans should have enough confidence to keep spending to grease the wheels of the economy.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025
That could help Capital One and Discover grease the wheels with regulators and gain approval for the deal because antitrust regulators have long had those payment giants in their crosshairs.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024
It’s obvious why Amazon would want to grease the wheels of government in the Inland Empire.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2023
And it is not less common to see a straw boss in a factory favor the man whom he thinks might grease the wheels for him on the outside.
From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense
