Meaning of fair shake | Babel Free

Definitions

Reasonable, unbiased treatment; a fair deal.

idiomatic

Examples

“Raymond J. Williams, the board's executive secretary, told a reporter, "We tried to give⟳ the guy [Arnold] a fair shake⟳."”

“"America is not ideologically racist. Americans are willing to give⟳ people a fair shake⟳."”

“The average citizen in the republic wants to go to bed at night and feel⟳ that Catholics in Northern Ireland are receiving a fair shake⟳.”

“A vast network of fathers’ groups, labour lawyers, bloggers and social advocates rallied to his cause, forcing a national conversation about whether caregiving fathers were getting a fair shake⟳.”

““You feel⟳ like⟳ you’re the underdog and you don’t get⟳ a fair shake⟳, so you look⟳ for people that are going to shake⟳ it up,” she said of the local support⟳ for Mr. Trump’s dispute of the election results.”

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