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sweeten the deal
USUK
to add something extra to make an offer more attractive
Common in business and sales talk. Americans also say 'sweeten the pot' (from card games).
In context
To sweeten the deal, the hotel offered us free breakfast for a week.
The company sweetened the deal with a bonus to persuade him to stay.
More idioms about food
- a bad appleone bad person who has a bad effect on the rest of a group
- a couch potatoa person who spends a lot of time sitting and watching TV instead of being active
- a different kettle of fisha completely different situation from the one just mentioned
- a finger in every pieinvolved in many different activities, often to get power
- a meal ticketa person or thing that someone uses as a source of money or support