fair's fair

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An expression used when asking for fair or just treatment, or when asserting that a situation is fair.

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  1. An expression used when asking for fair or just treatment, or when asserting that a situation is fair.

    "Okay," I said. "If we take turns with the dishes. I'm not going to do them all the time." "Fair's fair," Matt said. "We rotate the dishes, and Jon and I do our own laundry."

    2008, Susan Beth Pfeffer, Life as We Knew it, Houghton Miffin Harcourt, →ISBN

Translations

French donnant donnant
  • donnant donnantfair is fair
Italian ciò che è giusto è giusto
  • ciò che è giusto è giustofair is fair
Spanish lo justo es justo, hay que ser justos
  • lo justo es justofair is fair
  • hay que ser justosfair is fair
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APA

fair's fair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fair's%20fair

MLA

“fair's fair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fair's%20fair. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fair's fair,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fair's%20fair.

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