"cast oil on troubled waters" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: casts oil on troubled waters [present, singular, third-person], casting oil on troubled waters [participle, present], cast oil on troubled waters [participle, past], cast oil on troubled waters [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,cast>|head=~trouble􂀿d:􂁀; water􂀿s:􂁀}} cast oil on troubled waters (third-person singular simple present casts oil on troubled waters, present participle casting oil on troubled waters, simple past and past participle cast oil on troubled waters)
  1. Synonym of pour oil on troubled waters. Synonyms: pour oil on troubled waters [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-cast_oil_on_troubled_waters-en-verb-kbannS-8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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