wheel and deal
Scheme for profit
To wheel and deal is to engage in aggressive or shrewd business negotiations, often with a willingness to bend rules or make questionable compromises to achieve one's goals.
The phrase suggests someone who operates with cunning and flexibility, working multiple angles simultaneously.
A wheeler-dealer is a person known for such behavior, typically in business or politics.
He's been wheeling and dealing with investors all week trying to close the funding round.
- finagleObtain through trickery
- haggleDispute price persistently
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
- make a playAttempt a bold move
- bargainFavorable purchase price
negotiate · offer · lobby · back-channel talks · palm-greasing · profiteering · conspire · barter · backroom · smoke-filled room · broker · work the room · trade · exchange · leveraging · maneuvering · hustle · horse-trading
- hustleshustle, side hustle, gig work, moonlighting, second job
wheel and dealtake it or leave it
Non-negotiable final offer
play it straight · go along with · acquiesce · defer · submit
wheel and dealabstain
Deliberately not do
withdraw · stand pat · disengage · opt out · take a back seat
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