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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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.
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Tom Rende, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The false premise that mass deportation would only target those already with an undocumented status has helped grease the wheels for sweeping abductions of individuals and families who have been living peacefully and working hard in communities across the country.
—Karen Tumlin, Time, 6 May 2025
This undoubtedly helped to grease the wheels for players moving between the two clubs — a relationship which proved to be reciprocal.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Far from being an act of resistance, could de-skilling actually grease the wheels of avant-garde acculturation, facilitating the movement of capital into every last nook and cranny of cultural production, even the most seemingly resistant?
—Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Tom Rende, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The false premise that mass deportation would only target those already with an undocumented status has helped grease the wheels for sweeping abductions of individuals and families who have been living peacefully and working hard in communities across the country.
—Karen Tumlin, Time, 6 May 2025
This undoubtedly helped to grease the wheels for players moving between the two clubs — a relationship which proved to be reciprocal.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Far from being an act of resistance, could de-skilling actually grease the wheels of avant-garde acculturation, facilitating the movement of capital into every last nook and cranny of cultural production, even the most seemingly resistant?
—Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Grease the wheels.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grease%20the%20wheels. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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