bargain away

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bargain away

(tr, adverb) to lose or renounce (freedom, rights, etc) in return for something valueless or of little value

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w>bargain away

vt sep rights, advantage etc → sich (dat) → abhandeln lassen; freedom, independence also → veräußern

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I mean will you let that settle your question for you?" And then as if making out in his face that he drew back from this, that he had some idea which, however absurd, he couldn't yet bargain away: "Oh you don't care either - but very differently: you don't care for anything but yourself."

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That I cannot bargain away. I am doing everything to avoid a breakage,' he said.