{To bargain away}, to dispose of in a bargain; -- usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage; as, to bargain away one's birthright. ``The heir . . . had somehow bargained away the estate.'' --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]
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bargained — bar·gain || bÉ‘Ëgɪn n. deal; agreement; something bought at a cheap price v. negotiate; arrive at an agreement … English contemporary dictionary
bargained — … Useful english dictionary
more than someone bargained for — more than (someone/something) bargained for something in addition to what was expected. The pain caused by the operation was much more than I bargained for. Usage notes: often used with get: Sarah was looking for a challenge, but she may have… … New idioms dictionary
more than something bargained for — more than (someone/something) bargained for something in addition to what was expected. The pain caused by the operation was much more than I bargained for. Usage notes: often used with get: Sarah was looking for a challenge, but she may have… … New idioms dictionary
more than bargained for — more than (someone/something) bargained for something in addition to what was expected. The pain caused by the operation was much more than I bargained for. Usage notes: often used with get: Sarah was looking for a challenge, but she may have… … New idioms dictionary
more than you bargained for — more than you bargained for/not what you bargained for/ phrase something different from what you expected, especially something worse The babysitter found she had taken on more than she bargained for. Thesaurus: too much, extra and moresynonym… … Useful english dictionary
not what you bargained for — more than you bargained for/not what you bargained for/ phrase something different from what you expected, especially something worse The babysitter found she had taken on more than she bargained for. Thesaurus: too much, extra and moresynonym… … Useful english dictionary
Well Bargained and Done — is the second episode of .PlotOn the desert planet named DustballAdam, Hawkins and Specter walk the streets of a domed city, looking for any halfway decent mechwarriors they can find to join the Strikers (because, as Adam reminds Hawkins, all the … Wikipedia
more than one bargained for — n. (getting) more than one expected. □ This is certainly more than I bargained for! □ Trouble and more trouble. I’m getting more than I bargained for when I took the job … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
more than he bargained for — more than he expected … English contemporary dictionary
