fast and loose
see play fast and loose.
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How to use fast and loose in a sentence
Fast-and-loose, a cheating game sometimes played at fairs by gipsies, and also called 'prick the garter'.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousYou cannot be permitted to play fast-and-loose with a gentleman of M. le Marquis' quality!
Scaramouche | Rafael SabatiniThree times during this fast-and-loose interval was the fly changed.
Lines in Pleasant Places | William SeniorWhy should he try to maintain a fast-and-loose relation with Barbara?
The Graysons | Edward EgglestonHe has been at his old game of fast-and-loose with me; but as I never trusted him, I am not deceived.
Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II) | Edmund Downey
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