Idiom
fair shake
Meaning
Reasonable, unbiased treatment; a fair deal.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Everyone deserves a fair shake in life.”
“The new manager promised to give every employee a fair shake during the annual performance reviews.”
“Although the evidence seemed stacked against him, the judge insisted that the defendant receive a fair shake before the jury reached a final verdict.”
Examples
simple
“Everyone deserves a fair shake in life.”
contextual
“The new manager promised to give every employee a fair shake during the annual performance reviews.”
complex
“Although the evidence seemed stacked against him, the judge insisted that the defendant receive a fair shake before the jury reached a final verdict.”
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