strike a bargain's Usage Examples:

He had, perhaps, before the revolt of Achaeus, tried to strike a bargain with him—the release of Andromachus as the price for Achaeus deserting.

When neither succeeds, they strike a bargain whereby each agrees to exact revenge on behalf of the other.

term was presumably loaned into English from Old Norse handfesta "to strike a bargain by joining hands"; there are also comparanda from the Ingvaeonic languages:.

Tamír's Road with the help of the local retha'noi and Seregil manages to strike a bargain with them.

Then, the sufferers strike a bargain with the director of the jail; if he lets the cheats out to finish.

When neither succeeds, they strike a bargain whereby each agrees to exact revenge on behalf of the other, although.

Monkey and Pigsy strike a bargain with the demon hounding them.

They strike a bargain, though Irongron remains suspicious.

did I stay? To market at Llangollen each morning do I go, But how to strike a bargain no longer do I know; My father chides at evening, my mother all the.

She is enticed by the court vice-chancellor to strike a bargain—Michele will stay in the nearby prison of Naples instead of Avellino.

Kiat Kun and his friends strike a bargain with Beng Soon to play on the team using the other boys' football shoes.

When Earle tries to strike a bargain with Cooper in which Cooper will sell his soul to Earle in exchange.

Unable to strike a bargain with the City of Dallas, he elected to build a new stadium in Irving.

Willing even to strike a bargain with Fox, she wants to remove Scott from what she considers Paul's.

After some trepidation on both their parts, Arrietty and the Boy strike a bargain: the Boy, who is bilingual and slow to learn English, will bring the.

must be brought back to its home in the Otherworld, where she must strike a bargain with the Fair Folk to retrieve her baby brother.

In such a case, he could strike a bargain with a lord of a manor.

When he tries to strike a bargain with ring leader Colonel Marikoff (Lester Sharpe), at the spy's headquarters.

became suspicious that Alexis' child was actually Sonny's, and tried to strike a bargain with Sonny, but Ned had anticipated this move and thwarted Edward.

Siegfried and Leopold decide to stay and take part in the trials, and they strike a bargain to help each other through the trials until the last task.

Synonyms:

agreement; deal; understanding;

Antonyms:

fail; buy; sell; disbelieve;