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 …