drive a hard bargain in English

Forms: drives a hard bargain [present, singular, third-person], driving a hard bargain [participle, present], drove a hard bargain [past], driven a hard bargain [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|drive<,,drove,driven> a hard bargain}} drive a hard bargain (third-person singular simple present drives a hard bargain, present participle driving a hard bargain, simple past drove a hard bargain, past participle driven a hard bargain)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "drives a hard bargain",
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "drove a hard bargain",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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          "ref": "1949 September and October, “Notes and News: The Windsor Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 340",
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          "word": "uncompromising"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "olla kova neuvottelemaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "être dur en affaires"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "drive a hard bargain"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "drives a hard bargain",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drove a hard bargain",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driven a hard bargain",
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"drive a hard bargain" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms