"seal the deal" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-seal the deal.ogg Forms: seals the deal [present, singular, third-person], sealing the deal [participle, present], sealed the deal [participle, past], sealed the deal [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} seal the deal (third-person singular simple present seals the deal, present participle sealing the deal, simple past and past participle sealed the deal)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To come to an agreement; to finalize a deal. Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-seal_the_deal-en-verb-w3o~OIvU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic, informal) To come to an agreement; to finalize a deal."
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