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fair adjective 1 (used of a gang fight) without weapons US, 1965. 2 absolute; total AUSTRALIA, 1960
idiomfair► get a fair shakefair and square1 spoken used in order to say that a competition was won or lost in a fair and honest way:I want to win, and I want to win fair and square, without anybody's help.Wheaton admitted he was beaten fair and square. "There's no point in being angry about it," he said.2 BrE old-fashioned used in order to say that something is placed exactly in the middle of something, or exactly where it should be:Charles moved towards the ball, and hit it fair and square, almost by mistake.fair do's BrEBrEunfairspoken said when you think that a situation is fair, or when you are telling someone what they should do to be fair to someone else:They're keen to make extra money, and if they're willing to do the work, fair do's.Come on, fair do's, let Ben have a piece.fair to middlingnot very good, but not very bad either:My brother had a great singing voice, but mine's only fair to middling."How're you feeling today?" "Oh, fair to middling."fair's fairspoken used in order to say that a decision, idea, or situation is fair, and people should agree with it and behave fairly:I know you don't want to help him now, but he did all that work for you before. I mean, fair's fair, isn't it?If Antony is getting time off, we should have time off too. Fair's fair.
See:- (one's) fair share (of something)
- a fair crack at something
- a fair crack of the whip
- a fair deal
- a fair field and no favor
- a fair field and no favour
- a fair hearing
- a fair shake
- a fair-weather friend
- all is fair in love and war
- All's fair in love and war
- at a (fair) lick
- be fair
- be fair game
- be fair!
- be set fair
- bid fair
- by (one's) own fair hand(s)
- by fair means or foul
- faint heart never won fair lady
- fair and impartial
- fair and square
- fair deal
- fair dinkum
- fair dos
- fair do's
- fair enough
- fair game
- fair out
- fair play
- fair play (to you)
- fair play to someone
- fair sex
- fair sex, the
- fair shake
- fair shake, a
- fair to middlin'
- fair to middling
- fair-haired boy
- fair's fair
- fair-weather
- fair-weather fan
- fair-weather friend
- for fair
- get a fair shake
- give (one) a fair crack of the whip
- give (one) a fair shake
- have had more than (one's) fair share of (something)
- hoist your sail when the wind is fair
- it's a fair cop
- it's/that's a fair cop
- make (something) by (one's) own fair hand(s)
- make (something) with (one's) own fair hand(s)
- make fair weather
- make, etc. something by/with your own fair hand
- Monday's child is fair of face
- no fair
- No fair!
- None but the brave deserve the fair
- one's fair share
- play fair
- play fair/straight
- play straight
- the fair(er) sex
- turn the tables, to
- Turnabout is fair play
- with (one's) own fair hands
- your blue-eyed boy
- your fair share of something
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