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
But as Douthat knows, some pretense is always necessary to grease the wheels of personal relations, especially of diplomacy.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 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
No axle grease had been provided, and some of the company were compelled to use their precious allowance of bacon to grease the wheels.
From The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 by Linn, William Alexander
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
