gentleman's agreement

Example Sentences

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Strictly speaking, because you had a gentleman’s agreement, he should pay you the 30 bucks.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

“It’s like a gentleman’s agreement — we’re borrowing talent off another show so we have to work together and it works for everyone’s benefit.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Manchester City had been keen to sign Kane who believed he had a gentleman's agreement with chairman Daniel Levy to leave Spurs this summer.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2021

Doug said meekly, ‘Mr. Marshall, we made a gentleman’s agreement that we wouldn’t use the sneakers.’

From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2020

MacRae went down the elevator wondering if the gentleman's agreement among the packers was off, if there was going to be something in the nature of competition among them for the salmon.

From Poor Man's Rock by Johnson, Frank Tenney