wheeling and dealing

censorious informal the use of different methods and contacts, often dishonestly, to achieve one's ends

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Translations

wheeling and dealing

n → Machenschaften pl, → Gemauschel nt (inf); (in business) → Geschäftemacherei f

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References in periodicals archive

WHEELING AND DEALING. While the wheeled material handler may be gaining in popularity, many manufacturers don't see it overtaking tracked models entirely.

Wheeled platform material handlers are gaining in popularity among recyclers with paved scrap yards

Pleat has been wheeling and dealing in a bid to improve Wednesday's fortunes bringing in Norwegian international Petter Rudi for pounds 800,000 from Molde and offloading David Hirst to Southampton for pounds 2m.

Col blasts back at Spurs snipers

WHEELING AND DEALING. "We didn't really do a lot of shopping on the price part of it," Morrison says of his company's earlier approach to brokering wheels.

Mining for dollars: in addition to their standard parts revenue, auto dismantlers mine automobiles for hidden value in the form of recoverable nonferrous scrap metal

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