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fair and square

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fair and square
1. in an honest way and without any doubt. We won the match fair and square.
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2. if you hit someone fair and square on a particular part of their body, you hit them hard exactly on that part. She hit me fair and square on the nose.
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fair and square
honestly. We played very well and won, fair and square.
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No, you've always been fair and square with me, Muff Potter, and I won't go back on you.
Don't send no note, but just go up there and hev it out fair and square, and say what you do mean.
They talked it over, and they was going to rule me out, because they said every boy must have a family or somebody to kill, or else it wouldn't be fair and square for the others.
 
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