drive a hard bargain

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drive a hard bargain (third-person singular simple present drives a hard bargain, present participle driving a hard bargain, simple past drove a hard bargain, past participle driven a hard bargain)

  1. To negotiate forcefully.
    • 1949 September and October, “Notes and News: The Windsor Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 340:
      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.

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