wheel and deal

phrase

Definition of wheel and dealnext
as in deal
to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase The buyer and seller wheeled and dealed before finally coming to an agreement.

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cut a deal
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  • Early employees of that company, prosecutors said, were assured that Thao had already cut a deal to buy hundreds of housing units from them.
    — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
  • Backers will need to tell Senate Majority Leader John Thune soon whether their bill is ready for the floor as crypto negotiators race to cut a deal on their own bill.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of cut a deal
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“Wheel and deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheel%20and%20deal. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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