bargain away
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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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
As we bargain away the amount of privacy that an ordinary person expects, we’ve also watched businesses and government figures grow ever more indignant about their own need to be left alone.
From New York Times • May 9, 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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