oil up

verb2

1. •
   To lubricate with oil; to cover or smear with oil.

   • They really oiled up that bike chain, didn't they?
   • They oiled it up with about five times more oil than was necessary.
2. •
   To get (someone) drunk.

   • They really oiled him up last night, planning to get him to talk, but he'd been well warned about industrial espionage, and he kept his cool.