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*fair shake

an instance of fair treatment. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) He's unpleasant, but we have to give him a fair shake. He got a fair shake from us. Don't worry!

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During the campaign he acknowledged that being gay added a wrinkle to his candidacy but added that he believed most Detroiters would give him a fair shake. Detroit Gay Candidate To Lead City Council by Staff / On Top Magazine Dodd said he welcomed "constructive input from those in the financial services sector who share our commitment, by the way, to making sure that American families get a fair shake. Senate hearing on proposal to create Consumer Financial Protection ... by Mortgage Banking In the August 18 issue of THE NEW AMERICAN, Ed Hiserodt doesn't give electric cars a fair shake in his article touting algae as a principal energy source for the future ("Algae May Be an Energy Answer"). Likes electric cars by Redmond, William / The New American			fade in fade into fade into insignificance fade out fade up fag fag out fagged out fail fail in fail on faint faint dead away faint from Faint heart never won fair lady faint of heart fair fair and impartial fair and square fair dinkum Fair do's fair enough fair game fair out fair play fair shake fair to middlin' fair to middling Fair's fair fair-haired boy fair-weather friend faire fairer fairy fairy godmother fait faith Faith will move mountains fake fake it fake off fake out fake out of fall fall afoul of fall all over fall apart fall asleep fall at fall away fall away toward			fair prospect Fair Queueing with Service Envelopes Fair queuing Fair Queuing Algorithm fair raking cutting Fair rate of return Fair Rates of Return Fair Reasonable and Non Discriminatory fair rent Fair Rental Policy Organization Fair Rental Practices Owner Fair Rental Value Fair Rental Value Fair Rental Value System Fair Representation of Hinduism in the Academia Fair Resolution Collision Algorithm Fair Return Fair Return Rate Fair Return Rates Fair Returns Fair River International Association for Development fair sample Fair Scheduler Fair Service Curve fair sex fair sex fair sex fair shake Fair Share Claiming Fair Share Policy fair sharing Fair Taxes for All Coalition Fair territory fair tide fair to middlin' fair to middling fair to middling Fair to Midland fair trade fair trade fair trade Fair Trade Acts Fair Trade Advocacy Office fair trade agreement Fair trade alliance Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand Fair Trade Authority Fair Trade Certified Fair Trade Commission Fair Trade Federation Fair Trade Forum India Fair Trade in Norfolk Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa fair trade law Fair trade laws

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