seal the deal

seal the deal

To solidify, finalize, or decide upon an agreement or the terms thereof. I wasn't convinced at first, but it sealed the deal when he offered to include a 10-year warranty for free. We both benefit from this arrangement, so let's quit stalling and seal the deal!
See also: deal, seal
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • seal a bargain
  • seal the bargain
  • close a sale
  • close a/the sale
  • close the sale
  • sale
  • sealed
  • hit the rock
  • the almighty dollar
  • almighty dollar, the
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Celtic are likely to go to PS1m and throw in players on loan - including Jack Hendry - to seal the deal.
TAYLOR IN HOUSE OF FRASER?
Zaev earlier promised to muster the two-thirds majority among the 120 lawmakers to seal the deal. There have already been two votes in the process.
Macedonian parliament begins final debate on name change
A Waller County grand jury chose not to indict anyone in the death of Sandra Bland, and Ted Cruz seeks to seal the deal with voters in the South.
Roundup: Paxton Weighs In on Campus Carry
Kinshasa and Congo's M23 rebels failed to seal the deal after squabbles over what it should be called - the insurgents were ready to sign a peace agreement but Congo wanted to call it a declaration that reflected the rebels' military defeat.
Congo's president wants talks with rebels
How People, Not Technology, Seal the Deal", Joanne Black draws upon her many years of experience and expertise with respect to 'referral selling' and details why anyone involved in sales, regardless of the product or service being marketed, should be tweeting less and talking more to the customers and contacts who really matter.
Pick Up The Damn Phone!
The original deadline for Masraf to seal the deal was 10 December, which has now been extending to 7 January, reports Reuters.
Islamic Bank of Britain extends deadline for takeover
Prime Minister David Cameron, who is travelling to Paris for talks with President Nicolas Sarkozy to seal the deal, said today's agreements were "just the beginning" of investment which the Government believes could be worth pounds 60bn and create 30,000 jobs.
Nuclear deal; In brief
(In the picture) Amos Shiyuka, executive director of MobiPay and Konrad Swiegers, manager of Woermann Brock seal the deal. (Photograph by Lorato Khobetsi)
MobiPay and Woermann seal deal
They encouraged A-Dec to get involved and really helped us seal the deal."
Big smiles after major dental cleaning deal; business briefing
And Stoke boss Tony Pulis has managed to quickly seal the deal, with Jones - who had a short spell on loan at the Britannia Stadium in 2005 - signing a four-year deal.
Pulis snaps up star Kenwyne; football ROUND-UP
The 28-year-old German international met new Hammers boss Avram Grant and negotiations to seal the deal ahead of growing competition for his signature were held in London on Friday.
HITZ FITS HAMMERS' BILL
The Conservative candidate, on the other hand, knows that she would be expected to seal the deal. Secondly, it does seem rather opportunistic for our sitting Lib Dem MP to claim that whenever dualling work has been done on the A1 it is down to him, but whenever the diggers are missing it is the fault of the national government.
Lib Dem's claims won't come to pass; VIOCE OF THE NORTH
Our job here and now is to seal the deal, a deal in our common interest."
World leaders gather amid climate pact warnings
The All Blacks got within four points of their opponents, who led 17-3 early in the second half, but Jaque Fourie went over eight minutes from time for the Springboks to seal the deal.
Boks off to flyer; RUGBY UNION
"The building's superior infrastructure helped seal the deal, making 61 Broadway the ideal location for both CSG Financial and Jill Miller and Associates, PC, to continue to grow."
Three new deals at 61 B'way