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
Although the league’s territorial rights were little more than a gentlemen’s agreement — and despite Pottsville having received an official approval to play the game — the N.F.L. suspended the Maroons.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
“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
It related to a gentlemen's agreement a number of us had in the recent cotton corner.
From The War Terror by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
