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
Ministers from its 164 member nations will meet in Buenos Aires this weekend as the guardian of global commerce seeks to oil the wheels of international trade.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 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
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
"I suppose so," agreed Eleanor, as she watched a man oil the wheels under the engine.
From Polly of Pebbly Pit by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
