dicker with (one)
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To haggle or negotiate with one. Don't dicker with me over the price of this mirror, bub—take it or leave it! A: "$5,000 is way too much." B: "Well, you can dicker with me all day, but you won't get me down to $4,000." You can try to dicker with them about their prices, but none of the merchants would lower them for me.
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dicker with someone (for something)
and dicker with someone (over something)to bargain with someone for something; to haggle with someone for something. I don't want to stand here dickering with you for a cheap trinket. I don't want to waste time dickering with them over a few dollars.
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