be dealt with on his own term

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Itasan
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be dealt with on his own term

Post by Itasan » Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:10 am

"He could only be dealt with on his own terms."
I wonder what this means.
"If you were to deal with him successfully,
you ought to follow his own ideas"?

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Post by emile » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:09 am

You got it just about right.

Terms means conditions, so it means he will only deal with people if he can set the conditions (details in a contract, price, venue or so on).
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Post by Itasan » Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:13 am

Thank you, emile.
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