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Idioms and Phrases

Behave honestly and honorably, obey the rules, as in Not every supplier we deal with plays fair , or We can't just leave them to find their own way back—that's not playing fair . Although this idiom conjures up playing by the rules in some game or sport, it actually has been used in this figurative way since the mid-1400s. Also see play the game .
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Example Sentences

As you can imagine, this did not improve anyone's temper, or willingness to play fair.

But I am not sure it will bring protection since this regime does not really play fair.

Can't play fair in a fight with a man half the size of one of you.

Now take the wheel and finish the watch; and next time play fair, and you won't have to work your passage.'

Play fair with her; show her what your income is; give her all you can afford and what economic and wise administration warrants.

Now, in this case, let us play fair, actuated by the one desire to see that justice is done.

One question, Mr. Eckstein; do they play fair with all concerned?

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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