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break the deadlock
collocation
to end a situation in which agreement cannot be reached because neither side will change its demands or accept any of the demands of the other side:
We need fresh talks to break the deadlock over voting rights.
Somebody will have to compromise if we are to break the deadlock between the two warring factions.
In sport, especially football, if a team or player breaks the deadlock, they score the first goal, point, etc. after the score has been equal, especially when it has been equal for a long time:
He has a knack of breaking the deadlock in tight contests.
Argentina broke the deadlock with a goal three minutes before half-time.
The mediators were searching for a way to break the deadlock.
I felt the strike was damaging the newspaper and something had to be done to break the deadlock.
In all likelihood, it was this concession that broke the deadlock.
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iron something out
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spackle
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