give away the store

present singular third person gives away the store · participle present giving away the store · past gave away the store · participle past given away the store · alternative give the store away

1. idiomaticinformalTo transact, trade, or negotiate badly, by paying, providing, or conceding too much to the other party.

   But he left the impression he wanted, of a man prepared to be conciliatory who would never give away the store.

   1987 December 14, Thomas Griffith, “Newswatch”, in Time

   2 more examples

   "Bush's tax plan offers next to nothing to average Americans, while giving away the store to multimillionaires," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.

   2006 May 11, Richard Wolf, “Congress poised to pass $70B in temporary tax cuts”, in USA Today, retrieved 21 Jun 2009

   Then Biden gave away the store. Republicans in the Senate had balked at the climate plan, especially its effort to raise taxes on the wealthy to pay for many of its investments.

   2021 June 30, Farhad Manjoo, “Democrats Have a Year to Save the Planet”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms: give away the shop, give away the farm