horsetrade
verbEtymology From horse + trade.
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Idiomatic To negotiate informally, especially when bargaining or reciprocal concessions are included, frequently regarding politics.
- Nobody appeared to have told [Woodrow] Wilson that [William F.] McCombs had, in fact, already horsetraded the position to [Thomas R.] Marshall in exchange for Indiana's votes.2013, A. Scott Berg, Wilson, Penguin, →ISBN: