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
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How to use bargain away in a sentence
We replied that we could not bargain away whatever interests or obligations we had in Belgian neutrality.
He was not ready to decide his whole future and perhaps bargain away the future of his people in a moment.
Shaman|Robert SheaThe debates of that period chiefly turned upon the competency of this power to bargain away any of the old States.