strike a bargain

idiom

: to reach an agreement : make a deal

The union is trying to strike a bargain with the company.

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Anula strikes a bargain with the most powerful and dangerous Yakka, Reeri, who has been waiting for the chance to restore his fellow gods to their former glory on Earth. —Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025

Biggest question: Will this be the year when a weak streaming rival strikes a bargain with the devil and joins forces with Amazon given its massive reach? —Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 Dec. 2024

To de-escalate this conflict, the two sides should strike a bargain: Western nonexpansion for Russian noninterference. —Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2020

The Bakersfield Republican clinched the gavel in January by caving to the hard-line faction of his party, striking a bargain that allows a single member to force a vote to oust him as speaker. —Courtney Subramanian, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023

The resulting economic fallout spurred leaders on both sides to strike a bargain. —Matt Ford, The New Republic, 22 Jan. 2021

His efforts to strike a bargain with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un to get rid of that country’s nuclear weapons and to rewrite trade rules with China to favor American interests both failed. —Peter Baker, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023

The Magus, as his name would suggest, has become obsessed with dark magic, and hopes to imprison the Angel of Death and strike a bargain to bring his son back to life. —Alex Raiman, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2022

The details of the Cardinals’ $230 million contract extension with Kyler Murray proved that Jerry Jones did, indeed, strike a bargain. —Dallas News, 27 July 2022

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