Idiom
grease the skids
Meaning
To create conditions likely to produce or hasten favorable future developments.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“A small gift can grease the skids for a new deal.”
“The manager offered extra benefits to the staff to grease the skids for the upcoming merger.”
“By offering early concessions to the opposition, the diplomat sought to grease the skids for a more productive peace negotiation later in the week.”
Examples
simple
“A small gift can grease the skids for a new deal.”
contextual
“The manager offered extra benefits to the staff to grease the skids for the upcoming merger.”
complex
“By offering early concessions to the opposition, the diplomat sought to grease the skids for a more productive peace negotiation later in the week.”
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