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oil up

oil up verb: to lubricate with oil; to cover or smear with oil.

Verb

oil up (third-person singular simple present oils up, present participle oiling up, simple past and past participle oiled up)

  1. (transitive) To lubricate with oil; to cover or smear with oil.
    • They really oiled up that bike chain, didn't they?
    • They oiled it up with about five times more oil than was necessary.
  2. 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.
    Synonyms:
    lubricate, liquor up

Synonyms of oil up

Forms of oil up

third-person singular presentoils up
present participleoiling up
past participleoiled up
pastoiled up

Questions about oil up

What does oil up mean?
Oil up means to lubricate with oil; to cover or smear with oil.
What part of speech is oil up?
Oil up is a verb.
What is the past tense of oil up?
The past tense of oil up is oiled up.

Words near oil up in the dictionary

  1. oil test
  2. oil tests
  3. oil trash
  4. oil tycoon
  5. oil tycoons
  6. oil up
  7. oil well
  8. oil wells
  9. oil-based
  10. oil-burning
  11. oil-canning

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