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are oiling

  • present progressive
    of oil.
    oil
    noun
    any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.

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Most bankers argue they are oiling the wheels of the economy.

From The Guardian ● May 18, 2012

In Germany, the Kaiser's men are oiling the guns of August.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I think they are oiling up their 57-mm guns again," said Timur Goksel, a Beirut-based Middle East security analyst and former senior official with the United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon.

From Time Magazine Archive