grease the skids for something

grease the skids for something
expr AmE sl

He set out to grease the skids for the right things to happen — Он принялся за дело так, чтобы все прошло как но маслу


Новый англо-русский словарь современной разговорной лексики. - М.:«Русский язык-Медиа» . . 2003.

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