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grease the skids

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
grease the skids
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To create conditions likely to produce or hasten favorable future developments.

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

greases the skids (present, singular) greasing the skids (participle, present) greased the skids (participle, past) greased the skids (past)

Synonyms

grease the wheels pave the way set the stage

Questions

What does grease the skids mean?
To create conditions likely to produce or hasten favorable future developments.

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