oil the wheels
Example Sentences
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She’s given you this money to oil the wheels of your own ingenuity, and you’ve begun doing just that.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025
His ghosting lines and clever distribution help oil the wheels of this more mobile England machine.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2021
An inauguration ceremony is designed to oil the wheels of change, yet this one feels more like a revolution.
From The Guardian • Jan. 17, 2017
Even animal welfare is sensitive in a proposed accord where both sides would recognize each others standards to oil the wheels of commerce.
From Scientific American • Mar. 12, 2014
Besides, he had been accustomed to Mr. Tower, who, he thinks, will oil the wheels of diplomatic intercourse.
From Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning by Egan, Maurice Francis
