cut a deal

verb

To reach a negotiated agreement.

“Mr. Jeffries’s troops have grown increasingly anxious this week about the possibility that Mr. Biden is going to cut an unsatisfactory deal to raise the debt limit.”

Similar
make a dealreach an agreementstrike a bargain
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Meanings

verbcut a deal (third-person singular simple present cuts a deal, present participle cutting a deal, simple past and past participle cut a deal)

present singular third person cuts a deal · participle present cutting a deal

  1. idiomaticinformalTo reach a negotiated agreement.

    Mr. Jeffries’s troops have grown increasingly anxious this week about the possibility that Mr. Biden is going to cut an unsatisfactory deal to raise the debt limit.

    Synonyms: make a deal, reach an agreement, strike a bargain

  2. obsoleteTo cut a deck of cards in preparation for dealing them.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo reach a negotiated agreement.

Similar
make a dealreach an agreementstrike a bargain
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