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
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
This tougher law introduced an offence of failure to prevent bribery, and clamps down on "facilitation payments" and disproportionate hospitality to oil the wheels of business.
From Reuters ● Dec. 6, 2012
They spread our tables, and oil the wheels of our carriages.
From An History of Birmingham (1783) by William Hutton
