haggle over (something)
To try to reach an agreement with someone, often over a price. The person one is haggling with can be named between "haggle" and "over." You can try to haggle over their prices, but none of the merchants would lower them for me. Sonny, don't try to haggle with me over these prices. Don't haggle over the price too much if it's a piece you really want!
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haggle (with someone) over someone or something
and haggle with someone (over someone or something)to argue with someone over someone or something. I don't want to haggle with you over Tom and whose team he's going to be on. Let's not haggle over the price. There is no point in haggling with her.
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haggle over
v. To bargain or negotiate over something, as an item or a price: The merchant and the buyer haggled over the price of the damaged towels.
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