gentlemen's agreement
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Leverkusen had a gentlemen's agreement with Alonso by which he could leave if one of this former clubs came calling, a door open to Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Real.
From BBC • May 12, 2025
They’re in a written gentlemen’s agreement, somewhere, that Punchbowl News devilishly described as the “secret three-page addendum.”
From Slate • Jan. 9, 2023
“We made a gentlemen’s agreement that we’ll play and then we’ll figure it out,” Olivas said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2021
That gentlemen’s agreement reached in 1959 bans military activity on the continent and aims to preserve it as one of the world’s last wildernesses; a related pact prohibits mining.
From New York Times • May 3, 2015
Aircraft out ... gentlemen's agreement ... quite understand ... well ... landingbarges ...
From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward