grease the wheels
Example Sentences
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The U.S. helped grease the wheels of global commerce, expanding trade and providing security.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 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
We did not stop to grease the wheels, for lack of time.
From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Starr, Frederick
