单词 | fair play |
释义 | fair playSEE SYNONYMS FOR fair play ON THESAURUS.COM nounjust and honorable treatment, action, or conduct: The political campaign was notably lacking in fair play. Origin of fair playFirst recorded in 1585–95 Words nearby fair playfair-minded, Fairmont, fairness, fairness doctrine, Fair Oaks, fair play, fair rent, fair sex, fair shake, fair-spoken, fair territory Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fair playBritish Dictionary definitions for fair playfair play nounan established standard of decency, honesty, etc abidance by this standard Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with fair playfair play Conformity to established rules; upright conduct and equitable conditions. For example, The coach insists on fair play. Shakespeare used this idiom in King John (5:2): “According to the fair play of the world, let me have audience.” [Late 1500s] Also see turnabout is fair play. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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