wheeling and dealing
wheeling and dealing noun: the activity of working as an intermediary, making a profit from buying and selling things, or making contracts between parties. Also the present participle and gerund of wheel and deal.
Noun
wheeling and dealing (countable and uncountable, plural wheelings and dealings)
- The activity of working as an intermediary, making a profit from buying and selling things, or making contracts between parties.
- Broadway vet Stewart is the only person enjoying themselves on-camera, rattling off soliloquies about the virtues of capitalism and explaining his wheelings and dealings while guns are pointed in his direction and bombs detonate in the background.2019 May 16, Erik Adams, “A potent satire has its wings clipped in Catch-22”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2019
Also used as
wheeling and dealing is also the present participle and gerund of wheel and deal.
Forms of wheeling and dealing
| plural | wheelings and dealings |
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Questions about wheeling and dealing
- What does wheeling and dealing mean?
- Wheeling and dealing means the activity of working as an intermediary, making a profit from buying and selling things, or making contracts between parties.
- What part of speech is wheeling and dealing?
- Wheeling and dealing is a noun.
- What is the plural of wheeling and dealing?
- The plural of wheeling and dealing is wheelings and dealings.
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