"oil up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: oils up [present, singular, third-person], oiling up [participle, present], oiled up [participle, past], oiled up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} oil up (third-person singular simple present oils up, present participle oiling up, simple past and past participle oiled up)
  1. (transitive) To lubricate with oil; to cover or smear with oil. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-oil_up-en-verb-De~2LrnP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1923, May, Boy's Life\nTom 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."
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