strike a deal

idiom

: to come to an agreement
The two sides finally struck a deal after weeks of negotiations.

Examples of strike a deal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In a legal context, her words gave the jury a sense of why Mr. Trump might be motivated to strike a deal to keep her silent, and the stakes for him of not doing so only weeks prior to the 2016 presidential vote. Peter Grier, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2024 The round-the-world trip was the product of six years of planning, development and testing, supported by grassroots donations when Rutan and his co-pilot, Jeana Yeager, his girlfriend at the time, could not strike a deal for a corporate sponsorship. Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024 Cardinale, who also helped strike a deal to acquire casting software firm Talent Systems in 2022, could’ve helped leverage Paramount’s intellectual property. Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2024 Now Ellison is poised to strike a deal for one of the dying embers of Hollywood’s Golden Age in Paramount Global. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024 The seven states that depend on water from those reservoirs are still scrambling to strike a deal that will stop them from crashing. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024 But the sides haven’t been able to strike a deal in nine months of on-and-off talks, and Wilkins’ market has only increased over that time. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024 In early December, when a Hong Kong court gave Evergrande one last chance to strike a deal, the company’s representatives largely fell silent. Alice Huang, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024 No agreement has been formally announced by Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Ways and Means Chair Jason T. Smith (R-Mo.), who have been trying to strike a deal for months. Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2024

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“Strike a deal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20a%20deal. Accessed 21 May. 2024.

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