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Into the bargain

Posted by Gary Martin September 07, 2009 at 10:25In reply to Into the bargain posted by James Smith on September 07, 2009 at 10:23:

Doing as a quick check on the comprehensiveness of this site I was surprised not to find "into the bargain." Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable defines it as "in addition to, besides what was bargained for." It's and oldie but goodie.

A fairly well-known idiom. Does Brewer's add any more than the definition? Meanings alone aren't really of interest here, apart from phrases with obscure meanings.

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