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drive a hard bargain



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Idioms and Phrases

Be severe in negotiating a transaction, make an agreement to one's advantage. For example, It's more than I planned to pay, but you drive a hard bargain . This expression, first recorded in 1836, uses the verb drive in the sense of 鈥渇orcefully carry through.鈥
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"This is where we will drive a hard bargain, and problems could arise," cautions Mr Dhar.

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Samir said, 鈥淎ll right, my brother, you drive a hard bargain. But I am a sensible man. I鈥檒l buy this glorious rug, but throw in that diseased kingfisher bird, and I鈥檒l forgive you for cheating a fellow Christian out of his money.鈥

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Experts say that as China is not expected to need additional gas supply until after 2030 Beijing could drive a hard bargain on price for a second pipeline via Siberia.

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Turkey's leader likes to drive a hard bargain and his unpredictability has become something of a trademark, but what is Recep Tayyip Erdogan up to now?

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Justice Souter agreed to remove the line, remarking to O鈥機onnor: 鈥淵ou drive a hard bargain.鈥

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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