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bargain away

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verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to lose or renounce (freedom, rights, etc) in return for something valueless or of little value

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The country has vowed never to bargain away its nuclear weapons.

From New York Times Oct. 10, 2022

It’s a good question with good answers: We were not going to bargain away certainty on the nuclear issue for anything else; as France said, there would be no “quid pro quo.”

From Washington Post Sep. 29, 2017

In 2006, the North Koreans set off their first atomic explosion, figuring if they couldn’t bargain away their nuclear materials, they might as well go ahead and build some weapons.

From Slate Sep. 13, 2016

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch together warned Nepal not to bargain away justice while negotiating coalition government politics.

From Seattle Times Aug. 28, 2016

“I won’t bargain away my husband or my freedom!”

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

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