"wheel and deal" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: wheels and deals [present, singular, third-person], wheeling and dealing [participle, present], wheeled and dealt [participle, past], wheeled and dealt [past], wheeled and dealed [nonstandard, participle, past], wheeled and dealed [nonstandard, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|wheel<> and deal<,,dealt:dealed􂀿nonstandard􂁀>}} wheel and deal (third-person singular simple present wheels and deals, present participle wheeling and dealing, simple past and past participle wheeled and dealt or (nonstandard) wheeled and dealed)
  1. To work as an intermediary, making a profit from by buying and selling things, or making contracts between parties. Derived forms: wheeler-dealer

Inflected forms

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