fair game
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fair game
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- Actions permissible by the rules. Pretending to be slow is fair game. Pretending to be injured is not.
- 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.
- 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.
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noun a goal or an object that may legitimately be sought
| Español | blanco legítimo |
|---|---|
| Français | cible légitime |
| Deutsch | Freiwild |
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@misc{fair_game_2026,
title = {fair game},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fair%20game},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
