fair game
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]- (idiomatic) Actions permissible by the rules.
- Pretending to be slow is fair game. Pretending to be injured is not.
- The referee ruled the unprecedented play fair game.
- (idiomatic) A goal or an object that may legitimately be sought.
- After the middle sister's call from a friend's house, her slice of cake was fair game.
- (idiomatic) An acceptable subject or target for criticism, scrutiny, mockery, or attack.
- Anyone running for office is fair game for criticism.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fair, game.: a game that is fair, that does not involve cheating, etc.
Translations
[edit]a goal or an object that may legitimately be sought
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