bargained for

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The union says the district can afford the proposed contract, which still needs approval from both sides, and notes that its leaders bargained for 11 months before calling a strike.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Instructor Christopher Bayes gave him more than he bargained for.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024

If your car broke down two years ago, it probably became a bigger problem than you bargained for.

From New York Times • May 15, 2024

But research by consumer advice group Which? suggests we might not be getting the deal we bargained for.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2023

But the demands of simultaneously running Base Camp and meeting the medical needs of some twenty-five people in a remote, high- altitude environment proved to be more than she’d bargained for.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer