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fair play
noun
- just and honorable treatment, action, or conduct:
The political campaign was notably lacking in fair play.
fair play
noun
- an established standard of decency, honesty, etc
- abidance by this standard
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of fair play1
First recorded in 1585–95
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Idioms and Phrases
Conformity to established rules; upright conduct and equitable conditions. For example, The coach insists on fair play . Shakespeare used this idiom in King John (5:2): “According to the fair play of the world, let me have audience.†[Late 1500s] Also see turnabout is fair play .Advertisement
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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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