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 staff were comfortable.
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well-oiled machine — Something that functions very well is a well oiled machine … The small dictionary of idiomes
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
