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Operate or manipulate for one's own interest, especially in an aggressive or unscrupulous way. For example, Bernie's wheeling and dealing has made him rich but not very popular. This term comes from gambling in the American West, where a wheeler-dealer was a heavy bettor on the roulette wheel and at cards. [Colloquial; c. 1940]

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Speculation raged that Duke agreed not to run as part of the deal, though it was never proven.
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He later accepted a plea deal that put him behind bars for 25 years.
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The patriarchal decree of the government was a good deal of a joke on the plains, anyway—except when you were caught defying it!
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She and her younger sister, Janet, had quarreled a good deal through force of unfortunate habit.
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In practice we find a good deal of technical study comes into the college stage.
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