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Meaning of drive a hard bargain | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To negotiate forcefully.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Français être dur en affaires

Examples

“Both the G.W.R. and the L.S.W.R. had to pay dearly for the privilege of entering the Royal Borough, for the Prince Consort drove a hard bargain with each.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

drive a nail in someone's coffin drive a nail where it will go drive a stake through its heart drive a truck through something drive a wedge drive at