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fair's fair

fair's fair phrase: an expression used when asking for fair or just treatment, or when asserting that a situation is fair.

Phrase

fair's fair

  1. An expression used when asking for fair or just treatment, or when asserting that a situation is fair.
    • "Okay," I said. "If we take turns with the dishes. I'm not going to do them all the time."
      "Fair's fair," Matt said. "We rotate the dishes, and Jon and I do our own laundry."2008, Susan Beth Pfeffer, Life as We Knew it, Houghton Miffin Harcourt, →ISBN

Forms of fair's fair

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Questions about fair's fair

What does fair's fair mean?
Fair's fair means an expression used when asking for fair or just treatment, or when asserting that a situation is fair.
What part of speech is fair's fair?
Fair's fair is a phrase.

Words near fair's fair in the dictionary

  1. fair weather fans
  2. fair weather friend
  3. fair weather friends
  4. fair wind
  5. fair winds
  6. fair's fair
  7. fair-built
  8. fair-goer
  9. fair-goers
  10. fair-haired
  11. fair-haired boy

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