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fair is fair

fair is fair is the alternative form of fair's fair.

Meaning of fair's 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

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What is fair is fair the alternative form of?
Fair is fair is the alternative form of fair's fair.

Words near fair is fair in the dictionary

  1. fair game
  2. fair go
  3. fair gos
  4. Fair Haven
  5. Fair Head
  6. fair is fair
  7. Fair Isle
  8. Fair Lawn
  9. fair leather
  10. fair linen
  11. fair list

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