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Discover LudwigThe phrase "hard bargain" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is usually used to describe a situation in which someone is negotiating or making a deal, and they are being difficult or unyielding in their demands. Example: "After hours of haggling, they finally reached an agreement, but only after she drove a hard bargain and refused to back down on her price."
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"The Iraqis will strike a hard bargain".
The class drove a hard bargain.
"They drive a very hard bargain".
"You drive a hard bargain, Miss Steele".
United plainly drove a hard bargain.
Sensing an opportunity, Eisenbud struck a hard bargain with Nike.
Lynch's intransigence was mistaken for driving a hard bargain.
G.E. is certainly not driving a hard bargain.
Such was the hard bargain of Rwanda's reconciliation project.
It looks like Kroenke has driven a pretty hard bargain.
Driving a hard bargain, however, would protect taxpayers.
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