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Idiom

sell bargains

Meaning

To make saucy (usually indiscreet) comments; to come onto.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He always tries to sell bargains to the new staff.”

“She felt uncomfortable when he started to sell bargains at the office party.”

“Despite the professional setting, he could not resist the urge to sell bargains to anyone who caught his eye.”

Examples

simple

“He always tries to sell bargains to the new staff.”

contextual

“She felt uncomfortable when he started to sell bargains at the office party.”

complex

“Despite the professional setting, he could not resist the urge to sell bargains to anyone who caught his eye.”

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