Meanings
verbcast 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)
present singular third person casts oil on troubled waters · participle present casting oil on troubled waters
- Synonym of pour oil on troubled waters.
Synonyms: pour oil on troubled waters
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verbSynonym of pour oil on troubled waters.
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cast oil on troubled waters. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cast%20oil%20on%20troubled%20waters
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“cast oil on troubled waters.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cast%20oil%20on%20troubled%20waters. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cast oil on troubled waters,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cast%20oil%20on%20troubled%20waters.
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