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pour oil on troubled waters Tweet Definition of pour oil on troubled waters Like Definition of pour oil on troubled waters on Facebook
verb 
  1. (idiom) To calm something or someone who is tenacious or misbehave, misbehaving.
    I better go pour oil on those troubled waters the child, children are making over there.
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    Etymology: From the practice of the ancients to pour oil on the sea wave, waves to calm them.

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