cutting a deal

Verb

cut a deal (third-person singular simple present cuts a deal, present participle cutting a deal, simple past and past participle cut a deal)

1. (idiomatic, informal) To reach a negotiated agreement.
   • Mr. Jeffries’s troops have grown increasingly anxious this week about the possibility that Mr. Biden is going to cut an unsatisfactory deal to raise the debt limit.

   Synonyms:

   make a deal, reach an agreement, strike a bargain

2. (obsolete) To cut a deck of cards in preparation for dealing them.