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fair shake

noun

Informal.
  1. an equitable opportunity or treatment:

    The judges promised that every entrant in the contest would get a fair shake.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fair shake1

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30
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“They're just interested in making sure that everybody's got a fair shake to get to it.”

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So I tried to give it a fair shake.

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The orders will likely produce a myriad of legal issues, said June Carbone, a law professor and author of "Fair Shake," a book that examines structural obstacles holding women back.

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How can federal workers think they’ll get a fair shake if even Democrats appoint people like this to be their bosses?

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We finally get to see what he thought as president, but then Jimmy Carter from 2010 can’t stop from grabbing the mic and chiming in, saying, “You need to know this, or here’s why I didn’t get a fair shake.”

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