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compromise on someone or something (with someone) and compromise (on someone or something) with someone to reach agreement with someone on a disputed matter concerning someone or something; to make concessions to someone on some point concerning someone or something. I intend to compromise on this matter with them. Are you going to compromise with me on this issue? reach a compromise to achieve a compromise; to negotiate an agreement. After many hours of discussion, we finally reached a compromise. We were unable to reach a compromise and quit trying. See also: reach How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The intent is to trouble the delicate balance of ownership between Palestinians and Israelis in the Old City and to single out Christians as compromisers on our land, thus implanting the seeds of conflict among us. Notably missing are compromisers, get-things-done types or anyone who is portrayed as anything other than simple-minded. But surely Gitlin knows that successful social movements thrive on their tensions between insiders and outsiders, between compromisers and absolutists, and that third parties often leave their mark without actually winning elections. |
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