give away the store

Language: en

Meaning: Totransact,trade, ornegotiatebadly, bypaying,providing, orconcedingtoo much to the other party.Synonyms:give away the shop,give away the farm1987December 14, Thomas Griffith, “Newswatch”, inTime:But he left the impression he wanted, of a man prepared to be conciliatory who would nevergive away the store.2006May 11, Richard Wolf, “Congress poised to pass $70B in temporary tax cuts”, inUSA Today, retrieved21 June 2009:"Bush's tax plan offers next to nothing to average Americans, whilegiving away the storeto multimillionaires," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.2021June 30, Farhad Manjoo, “Democrats Have a Year to Save the Planet”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:Then Bidengave away the store. Republicans in the Senate had balked at the climate plan, especially its effort to raise taxes on the wealthy to pay for many of its investments.

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