oil up

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oil up

verb oils up · oiling up · oiled up

transitive To lubricate with oil; to cover or smear with oil. They really oiled up that bike chain, didn't they?
To get (someone) drunk. They really oiled him up last night, planning to get him to talk, but he'd been well warned about industrial espionage, and he kept his cool.
Similar: lubricate, liquor up

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@misc{oil_up_2026,
  title = {oil up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oil%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}