"drive a hard bargain" meaning in English

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      "form": "driving a hard bargain",
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      "form": "drove a hard bargain",
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      "form": "driven a hard bargain",
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1949 September and October, “Notes and News: The Windsor Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 340:",
          "text": "Both the G.W.R. and the L.S.W.R. had to pay dearly for the privilege of entering the Royal Borough, for the Prince Consort drove a hard bargain with each.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To negotiate forcefully."
      ],
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          "negotiate",
          "negotiate"
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        [
          "forceful",
          "forceful"
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "uncompromising"
        }
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "olla kova neuvottelemaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "être dur en affaires"
        }
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    }
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  "word": "drive a hard bargain"
}

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        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "driving a hard bargain",
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "drove a hard bargain",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "driven a hard bargain",
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      "word": "uncompromising"
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          "ref": "1949 September and October, “Notes and News: The Windsor Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 340:",
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        "To negotiate forcefully."
      ],
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "olla kova neuvottelemaan"
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