fair and square

1. Just and honest, as in He won the race fair and square. This redundant expression— fair and square mean essentially the same thing—probably owes its long life to its rhyme. [Early 1600s]

Example Sentences

But perhaps the most revealing moment was a viral speech by Missouri GOP Senator Eric Schmitt titled “What is an American?” in which he made the claim that the country belongs to the descendants of white Europeans who took the land from the violent Native Americans fair and square because they were just plain superior.

From Salon

“He’s trying to rig the election, he’s trying to set up the conditions where he can claim that the elections were not won fair and square,” Newsom said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Anthropic purchased its print copies fair and square,” Alsup wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

That's how they can go from humiliating Verstappen and Red Bull in Miami to being beaten fair and square in Imola - although had Piastri held on to the lead at the first corner on Sunday, he may well have been able to take a defensive win in a similar fashion to Verstappen's in Japan.

From BBC

He denied being "bribed" by Oricom and that any contract with NHS Lanarkshire was won "fair and square".

From BBC