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fair enough

Idioms  

  1. That's reasonable; I agree. For example, I'll wait just one more day.—Fair enough, you've been very patient. [Colloquial; early 1900s]

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Instead of don’t trust the experts … which, fair enough … they move to trust the non-experts, which is not the logical corollary, but that is where you move.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

"The normal health and safety things, I think it's fair enough, don't really apply," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

To describe it as not that much fun is fair enough.

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2025

But there are monsters fighting for screen time; they cause a lot of exciting havoc — and fair enough, they didn’t ask to be kidnapped — but they’re fairly one-note dramatically speaking.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025

‘None is rich and fair enough for him,’ said Pippin.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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