wheeled and dealed

A form of wheel and deal — To work as an intermediary, making a profit from buying and selling things, or making contracts between parties.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of wheel and deal

    Lyndon Johnson dominated the Senate. He cajoled and flattered. browbeat and insinuated, wheeled and dealed.

    1965 September 2, “Outspoken Senate Chief; Mike Mansfield”, in The New York Times, page 2
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    For 12 months the Washington establishment, represented at its most august by these 100 men and women, has yapped and barked at the President's heels. It has wheeled and dealed in private, postured and primped in public.

    1999 January 14, Derek Brown, “A stark spectacle”, in The Guardian, London
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