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- verb Present participle of
grease .
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Examples
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The Supremes breathed new life into the “permanent republican majority” and the wingnuts will not be able to stop themselves from slobbering their new sugar daddies that no longer have limits in greasing the mighty wurlitzer and stuffing wingnut pockets with cash.
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » There Is Your Opening, President Obama 2010
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Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil (greasing is not really necessary, especially if you use insulated baking sheets).
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Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil (greasing is not really necessary, especially if you use insulated baking sheets).
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While Enron, Ken Lay, and his connection with the Bush White House captured all the headlines, Tip O'Neill's axiom that "all politics is local" - as in greasing the local Congressman - rings true.
December 2003 2003
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And a safety note: I don’t believe in greasing the bore of any firearm.
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We wanted to test the hack but we weren't too excited about the idea of greasing up and then washing off one of our photo filters if the hack turned out so-so results.
Gizmodo 2010
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Those tempted to "grease the wheels" should not be lulled into a false sense of security: Just because the slang name assigns the payment to the "greasing" category, it does not mean that the payment will fit the narrow legal exceptions.
A Bribe By Any Other Name James G. Tillen 2010
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Those tempted to "grease the wheels" should not be lulled into a false sense of security: Just because the slang name assigns the payment to the "greasing" category, it does not mean that the payment will fit the narrow legal exceptions.
A Bribe By Any Other Name James G. Tillen 2010
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What the 'greasing' effect of inflation means in real life, of course, is that you and I can get screwed by rising prices before our wages pick up...
Deflation? Yes, Please. Patrick Vessey 2008
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He was fairly efficient, a "good enough fellow" but not above "greasing," that is, cultivating the officers 'favor, or that of their wives and daughters, if thereby ultimate benefits accrued to himself.
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