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51drive a bargain — {v. phr.} 1. To buy or sell at a good price; succeed in a trade or deal. * /Tom s collie is a champion; it should be easy for Tom to drive a bargain when he sells her puppies./ * /Father drove a hard bargain with the real estate agent when we… …
52drive\ a\ bargain — v. phr. 1. To buy or sell at a good price; succeed in a trade or deal. Tom s collie is a champion; it should be easy for Tom to drive a bargain when he sells her puppies. Father drove a hard bargain with the real estate agent when we bought our… …
53sell someone a bargain — (Shakespeare) To make a fool of someone • • • Main Entry: ↑bargain sell someone a bargain see under ↑bargain • • • Main Entry: ↑sell …
54To make good — Good Good, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.] [AS. G[=o]d, akin to D. goed, OS. g[=o]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth …
55Time bargain — Time Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms… …
56To make the best of — Best Best, n. Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one s best; to the best of our ability. [1913 Webster] {At best}, in the utmost degree or extent applicable to the case; under the most… …
57plea-bargain — verb To make an agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one See Also: plea bargain …
58as you make your bed, so you must lie upon it — Cf. late 15th cent. Fr. comme on faict son lict, on le treuve, as one makes one’s bed, so one finds it. c 1590 G. HARVEY Marginalia (1913) 88 Lett them..go to there bed, as themselues shall make it. 1640 G. HERBERT Outlandish Proverbs no. 340 He… …
59To make time — Time Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms… …
60un|make — «uhn MAYK», transitive verb, made, mak|ing. 1. to undo the making of; cause to be no longer in being: »The British people will have made a bad bargain, which they will be able to unmake only at great cost (Manchester Guardian Weekly). 2.… …
