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well-oiled machine

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  • well-oiled machine — Something that functions very well is a well oiled machine …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • well-oiled machine — noun Something that operates capably through the effective coordination of many parts. Trevor was the firms facilities manager and it was his job to make sure that their office ran like a well oiled machine and that the partners, attorneys, and… …   Wiktionary

  • well oiled — ˌwell ˈoiled [well oiled] adjective operating smoothly and well • The system ran like a well oiled machine …   Useful english dictionary

  • well-oiled — [ ,wel ɔıld ] adjective INFORMAL 1. ) a well oiled system, project, or company operates without problems. Each of these can also be referred to as a well oiled machine. 2. ) BRITISH drunk …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • well-oiled — adj a well oiled machine an organization or system that works very well …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • well-oiled — ADJ: ADJ n Journalists sometimes refer to a system or organization that is operating very efficiently as a well oiled machine. ...a well oiled publicity machine... Just as important, it has a well oiled organization …   English dictionary

  • well-oiled — UK [ˌwel ˈɔɪld] / US adjective informal 1) a well oiled system or company operates without problems. Each of these can also be referred to as a well oiled machine. 2) British drunk …   English dictionary

  • well-oiled — adjective 1 a well oiled machine an organization or system that works very well 2 informal drunk …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • well-oiled — adjective Date: 1817 smoothly functioning < a well oiled political machine > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • machine — ma|chine1 W1S1 [məˈʃi:n] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: Latin machina, from Greek mechane, from mechos way of doing things ] 1.) a piece of equipment with moving parts that uses power such as electricity to do a particular job… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • machine — I UK [məˈʃiːn] / US [məˈʃɪn] noun [countable] Word forms machine : singular machine plural machines *** Other ways of saying machine: device a small machine that has been designed to do something specific: a device for measuring the temperature… …   English dictionary

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