oil the wheels

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oil the wheels

to make it easier for something to happen (usually + of ) An aid programme was established to oil the wheels of economic reform in the region.

See pour oil on troubled waters

See also: oil, wheel

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They conveniently ignore the fact that many of their targets have served in this country's armed forces, help run our schools and hospitals or oil the wheels of Britain's commerce. OurSay by Birmingham Mail (England) And they spent billions more - cuttingVAT, subsidising new cars and giving businesses a helping hand - to oil the wheels of the economy while the banks were fighting for survival. Don't feed the fatcats; Record View by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) A trillion dollars is easy to say but hard to visualise, yet that extraordinarily large sum is what is being used to oil the wheels of recovery. Power to change by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			off to the side off topic off-colour off-key off-line off-the-cuff off-the-wall offend offend against offend with offense offer offer for offer one cannot refuse offer to offer up office officiate often ogle Oh, boy oh, sure Oh, ye of little faith Oh, yeah? oil oil the wheels oink out ointment okay old old as Methuselah old as the hills old battle-axe old college try old enough to be mother Old habits die hard old hand old hat old heave-ho Old Nick old one-two old poacher makes the best gamekeeper old warhorse old wives' tale olde-worlde olive omit from on on a diet on a dime on a first-name basis			Oil Spill Trajectory Modelling Oil spillage Oil spillage Oil Spills Oil Spills Oil Stabilization Fund oil stain oil stain Oil States International Inc Oil still Oil stone Oil Storage Barge Oil Storage Tank oil string Oil Supply Planning and Scheduling oil switch Oil tank Oil Tank Light oil tanker oil tanker Oil Tanker Familiarization Course Oil tankers Oil tankers Oil Taxation Office Oil Technologists' Association of India Oil Technology Association Oil Temperature Sensor Oil test Oil Test Site Operable Unit oil the wheels Oil Tight Push Button Oil trap Oil Treatment International Oil Treatment International AG Oil tree oil tycoon Oil Unit Heater oil varnish oil varnish Oil Varnishes Oil Water Contact Oil Water Detector Oil Water Separator oil well oil well Oil Well Gas Oil Well Tubing Oil wells Oil wells oil white Oil Workers International Union oil zone Oil, Atomic and Chemical Workers Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Oil, Engine, Arctic

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