sweeten the pot
Add more incentive
To sweeten the pot is to increase the stakes or incentives to make an offer more attractive.
The phrase comes from poker, where adding more money to the pot makes the hand worth winning.
In general use, it means improving a deal to encourage agreement: They sweetened the pot with a signing bonus.
Maybe I can sweeten the pot a little.
Reward encouraging action
- offerProposal to provide
- dealAgreement or distribution
- bargainFavorable purchase price
- bonusReward beyond expectation
perk · upgrade · concession · enticement · inducement · ante · stakes · bid
incentive
Reward encouraging action
bonus · perk · upgrade · concession · enticement · inducement · ante · stakes · bid · counteroffer
tempt
Draw toward wrongdoing
coax · convince · sway · attract · appeal · bait · carrot · encouragement · seduction · allure
sweeten the potscale back
Reduce in extent
pull back · take it or leave it · cut back · retract · water down
sweeten the potplay hardball
Compete without mercy
hold firm · stand pat · dig in · hold the line · drive a hard bargain
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