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Words nearby fast and loose

fasnacht, FASSA, Fassbinder, fast, fast and furious, fast and loose, fastback, fastball, fast break, fast-breaking, fast-breeder reactor

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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|Various
You cannot be permitted to play fast-and-loose with a gentleman of M. le Marquis' quality!
Scaramouche|Rafael Sabatini
Three times during this fast-and-loose interval was the fly changed.
Lines in Pleasant Places|William Senior
Why should he try to maintain a fast-and-loose relation with Barbara?
The Graysons|Edward Eggleston

He 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