To do anything, especially unprincipled or illegal, in order to obtain what one desires.
Faustian bargain
An agreement in which a person abandons his or her spiritual values or …
plow with one's heifer
To have an affair with another man's wife or to deal with the wife in …
run past
To bring an idea or proposal to the attention of (someone) in order to …
cry the blues
To complain, especially in order to obtain sympathy for one's own purp …
sell dearly
To make one's opponent pay a very high price to defeat or obtain (a pe …
gain time
To cause a delay by a circuitous mode of procedure in order to obtain …