Usually means: Negotiate firmly for favorable terms.
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  1. drive a hard bargain: Merriam-Webster
  2. drive a hard bargain: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. drive a hard bargain: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. drive a hard bargain: Wiktionary

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  1. drive a hard bargain: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (drive a hard bargain)

▸ verb:  To negotiate forcefully.

Similar:
play hardball, haggle, naggle, shave, hondel, hustle, drive, bargain, beat down, strong-arm, more...

Opposite:
be flexible, be accommodating, be lenient

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Similar:
play hardball, haggle, naggle, shave, hondel, hustle, drive, bargain, beat down, strong-arm, more...

Opposite:
be flexible, be accommodating, be lenient



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