"wheel and deal" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: wheels and deals [present, singular, third-person], wheeling and dealing [participle, present], wheeled and dealed [participle, past], wheeled and dealed [past], wheeled and dealt [participle, past], wheeled and dealt [past]
Etymology: OED says wheel "big shot" + deal verb. Another suggestion is gambling or cheating, as in roulette wheel + deal in a card game. Head templates: {{en-verb|wheel<> and deal<,,dealed:dealt>}} wheel and deal (third-person singular simple present wheels and deals, present participle wheeling and dealing, simple past and past participle wheeled and dealed or wheeled and dealt)
  1. (intransitive, somewhat derogatory) To work as an intermediary, making a profit from buying and selling things, or making contracts between parties. Tags: derogatory, intransitive Derived forms: wheeler-dealer
    Sense id: en-wheel_and_deal-en-verb-1mEZvPYo Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "English rhyming phrases",
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