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fair-shake
fair shake
noun
Informal.
an equitable opportunity or treatment:
The judges promised that every entrant in the contest would get a fair shake.
Origin:
1820–30,
Americanism
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fair shake definition
n.
a fair chance. (From shaking dice.) :
I want to give you both a fair shake.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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