strike a deal
idiom
: to come to an agreement
The two sides finally struck a deal after weeks of negotiations.
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Mexico’s president wants to strike a deal with incoming President Donald Trump so her country doesn’t receive an influx of third-country deportees from the U.S.
Trump takes office in January after months of campaigning on immigration issues and vowing mass deportations.
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Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 7 Dec. 2024
If the law is ultimately upheld, Trump may try to strike a deal that would spin the app off, and that agreement might become part of much larger trade discussions with China, according to Daniel Lyons, law professor at Boston College who specializes in internet law.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 27 Nov. 2024
Ditto a scenario where the company now known as Paramount Global — in the middle of its own reinvention under new owners Skydance Media — decides to strike a deal with SpinCo offering it the services of its CBS News anchors and reporters for MSNBC and CNBC.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
So, the ex-lovers strike a deal: If Agatha can get Billy to willingly turn himself in and let Rio kill him, then Rio will stop pursuing Agatha and making her life hell.
—Rebecca Iannucci, TVLine, 30 Oct. 2024
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Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 7 Dec. 2024
If the law is ultimately upheld, Trump may try to strike a deal that would spin the app off, and that agreement might become part of much larger trade discussions with China, according to Daniel Lyons, law professor at Boston College who specializes in internet law.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 27 Nov. 2024
Ditto a scenario where the company now known as Paramount Global — in the middle of its own reinvention under new owners Skydance Media — decides to strike a deal with SpinCo offering it the services of its CBS News anchors and reporters for MSNBC and CNBC.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
So, the ex-lovers strike a deal: If Agatha can get Billy to willingly turn himself in and let Rio kill him, then Rio will stop pursuing Agatha and making her life hell.
—Rebecca Iannucci, TVLine, 30 Oct. 2024
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