grease the wheels
idiom
: to improve an essential or functioning part of an organization, process, etc.
They hoped that the tax cuts would grease the wheels of the economy.
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The high court decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors may grease the wheels for court approval of similar laws already enacted in two dozen other states.
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Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 June 2025
De Koninck said even though most of the officials detained in the past few weeks aren’t facing charges — only McIver — their detentions could grease the wheels toward making prosecuting political opponents easier, testing the legal system for what the courts will allow.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 19 June 2025
Bombay Brokers Edited by Lisa Bjorkman Duke University Press, 2021, 472 pp.
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This collection of 36 short profiles by as many authors affectionately portrays the middlemen and facilitators who grease the wheels of life in Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) in imaginative ways.
—Lisa Bjorkman, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
Playing him instead of Hart when the offense bogs down helps grease the wheels, and his point of attack defense on Tyrese Haliburton last year helped slow him down at times.
—Tom Rende, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
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Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 June 2025
De Koninck said even though most of the officials detained in the past few weeks aren’t facing charges — only McIver — their detentions could grease the wheels toward making prosecuting political opponents easier, testing the legal system for what the courts will allow.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 19 June 2025
Bombay Brokers Edited by Lisa Bjorkman Duke University Press, 2021, 472 pp.
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This collection of 36 short profiles by as many authors affectionately portrays the middlemen and facilitators who grease the wheels of life in Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) in imaginative ways.
—Lisa Bjorkman, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
Playing him instead of Hart when the offense bogs down helps grease the wheels, and his point of attack defense on Tyrese Haliburton last year helped slow him down at times.
—Tom Rende, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for grease the wheels
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“Grease the wheels.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grease%20the%20wheels. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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