fair game
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[edit] Noun
- (idiomatic) Actions permissible by the rules.
- Pretending to be slow is fair game. Pretending to be injured is not.
- The referee ruled the unprecedented play fair game.
- An goal or object that may legitimately be sought.
- After the middle sister's call from a friend's house, her slice of cake was fair game.
- (literally) A game that is fair, that does not involve cheating etc.
