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grease the skids |
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grease the skids Fig. to help prepare for or ease the way for the success or failure of someone or something. Ray set out to grease the skids for the right things to happen. We need someone to grease the skids for the Wilson contract. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Isn't the Cato Institute you quote one of these "free trade," "conservative" think tanks that have helped grease the skids for shipping millions of U. What it does is grease the skids for biblical literalists by glossing over the real differences Americans perceive about what the Bible is, what it says, and what, if anything, its words mean for our daily lives. This is a very hot topic in the House and Senate and his tough talk regarding China should grease the skids of his nomination. |
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