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fair game

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. prey, quarry, target, fair gamenoun

    a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

    "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt"

Wiktionary

  1. fair gamenoun

    Actions permissible by the rules.

  2. fair gamenoun

    A goal or an object that may legitimately be sought.

  3. fair gamenoun

    An acceptable subject of criticism, scrutiny, or mockery.

  4. fair gamenoun

    a game that is fair, that does not involve cheating, etc.

ChatGPT

  1. fair game

    A fair game is a game or competition in which all participants have an equal chance of winning and where the outcome depends largely on skill and luck, not on manipulation or cheating. It is characterized by impartiality, equitable rules, unbiased referees or judges, and a lack of favoritism towards any particular participant.

Wikidata

  1. Fair Game

    Fair Game is a 1995 action thriller film directed by Andrew Sipes. It stars Cindy Crawford as family law attorney Kate McQuean and William Baldwin as Max Kirkpatrick, a Florida police officer. Kirkpatrick ends up on the run to protect McQuean when she is targeted for murder by ex-members of the KGB with interests in a ship owned by a Cuban man who may lose it in a divorce case being pursued by McQuean. The film is based on Paula Gosling's novel of the same name, which was previously adapted into the 1986 Sylvester Stallone film Cobra. Locations used for the film included Coral Gables, Florida, Miami Beach, and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fair game in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fair game in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of fair game in a Sentence

  1. Wendy Williams:

    It's kind of funny. Turnabout's a fair game, I get it. ... You wear a different mask when you're out here.

  2. Carly Fiorina:

    The way to defeat Hillary Clinton is to go after her track record, her lack of accomplishment, any former president is fair game. Donald Trump threw George W. Bush under the bus several months ago. Any former president is fair game.

  3. Hillary Clinton:

    One can disagree with the particulars of the agreement to put a lid on the nuclear weapons program of Iran, and that is fair game. But this steps over the line.

  4. Wendy Williams:

    It's crazy'cause now my business is your business, it's kind of funny. Turnabout's a fair game, I get it. ... You wear a different mask when you're out here.

  5. Hillary Clinton:

    If he wants to talk about what he would do as president, that's obviously fair game.


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