strike a bargain
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WaFd was able to strike a bargain in its all-stock purchase of Luther Burbank.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
Thus they strike a bargain, pretending to court so that the ladies will back off and the eligible men will try to win Daphne away from him.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2020
But many on both sides of the English Channel assumed the pandemic that has pummeled Britain and the continent might allow for more time to strike a bargain.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2020
In that case, Obama and the Republicans could strike a bargain.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2016
“But I did not come here to play, or to be played with. I came to strike a bargain with you.”
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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