wheeling

wheel and deal

wheeling and dealing - complicated and sometimes dishonest agreements in business or politics that people try to achieve in order to make profits or get advantages. He's the sort of guy that likes to drive fast cars and wheel and deal on the stock exchange.

See also: deal, wheel

a wheeler-dealer

wheeling and dealing - complicated and sometimes dishonest agreements in business or politics that people try to achieve in order to make profits or get advantages. He worked in the property business for a number of years, acquiring a reputation as a formidable wheeler-dealer.

wheeling and dealing

complicated and sometimes dishonest agreements in business or politics that people try to achieve in order to make profits or get advantages. It's an article about all the wheeling and dealing that goes on in financial markets.

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wheel and deal

wheeling and dealing

See also: deal, wheel

wheeling and dealing

looking for and using a good opportunity. He was always wheeling and dealing to get financial support.

Usage notes: usually said about business or financial opportunities, and also used in the form wheel and deal: If you want to be successful in this business, you have to wheel and deal.not necessarily dishonest; most cites do not reflect this, just aggressiveness--SL, 10/02 / 1/03 -cb