grease the skids
To work to prepare something for success. You've done everything you could to grease the skids—now, it's time to open your online store and hope for the best.
grease the skids
Fig. to help prepare for or ease the way for the success or failure of someone or something. Ray set out to grease the skids for the right things to happen. We need someone to grease the skids for the Wilson contract.
grease the skids
tv. to help prepare for the success or failure of someone or something. (see also put the skids under someone/something.) Ray set out to grease the skids for the right things to happen.