oil up

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === oil up (third-person singular simple present oils up, present participle oiling up, simple past and past participle oiled up) (transitive) To lubricate with oil; to cover or smear with oil. Hypernyms: oil < lubricate 1923, May, Boy's Life Tom oiled up his chain and set out with a dozen miles yet to go before he would reach a good road. He had not ridden more than a mile before he met a farmer's boy on a bicycle. The boy stopped and asked Tom where he was going. To get (someone) drunk. Synonyms: lubricate, liquor up ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === poilu