bargain away

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verb

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

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Words nearby bargain away

bar examination, barf, barf bag, barfly, bargain, bargain away, bargain basement, bargain bin, bargain counter, bargain for, bargaining agent

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How to use bargain away in a sentence

Something like fluoride, which is too small for normal filters, yanks away that feeling of agency.
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He observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer.
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So it might be me projecting my desires onto Archer to want to just get away from work for a few weeks.
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But sources said that the evidence so far is pointing away from an ISIS connection.
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In this war, the targeting is often happening on computer monitors thousands of miles away, capturing images from drones.
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It was a decayed house of superb proportions, but of a fashion long passed away.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
She walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted.
Confidence|Henry James
If you throw away this chance, you will both richly deserve to be hanged, as I sincerely trust you will be.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
The bear laughed and joined his companion, and the torpedo thundered away.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Nevertheless the evening and the night passed away without incident.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various