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play fast and loose with

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play fast and loose with something/somebody
to treat something or someone without enough care Like many film-makers, he plays fast and loose with the facts to tell his own version of the story.
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play fast and loose with something
to treat something without enough care or attention The film is very entertaining even though it plays fast and loose with the historical facts.
See also: and, fast, loose, play


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She had liked him so well, and she had not thought him the sort of man who would play fast and loose with a woman's feelings for twenty years.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
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