shake hands on it

VERB

contract

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agree buy negotiate owe settle sign up undertake

STRONG

adjust arrange assent bargain bound circumscribe clinch close commit consent covenant dicker engage initial ink limit obligate pact pledge promise set stipulate

WEAK

accept offer become indebted come around enter into firm a deal give one's word go along with hammer out deal it's a deal make terms put in writing sign for sign papers swear to work out details

Antonyms

STRONG

break confuse derange disagree disapprove disarrange discourage disorder disorganize dissent end free let go open refuse reject release

WEAK

amplify break off dilate enlarge expand extend give increase lengthen spread stretch

Example Sentences

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Do the deal with Chelsea now, shake hands on it and fill in the paperwork in January.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2021

We shake hands on it, Inkling and I. It is strange shaking hands with an invisible creature.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

If you want to come back to me, come—if you don't, we'll shake hands on it now.

From The Custom of the Country by Wharton, Edith

That's a bargain, William Louisa, and I'll shake hands on it if you like.

From The Ranch at the Wolverine by Bower, B. M.

Don't you see that we may frankly shake hands on it.

From A Siren by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus