a fair shake
noun
informal
: a fair deal : fair treatment
The judge gave him a fair shake, requiring him to perform community service.
She expected to get a fair shake from her boss.
Examples of a fair shake in a Sentence
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Anderson believes all of the tackles are getting a fair shake.
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Doug Kyed, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2024
Tina, a chef at the restaurant, is like a Boomer resident who wanted to enter formal training decades ago, never got a fair shake, but kept working and somehow kept her enthusiasm alive and is now having her moment.
—Abraham Nussbaum, STAT, 6 Aug. 2024
By the tail end of the ’70s, science fiction as a genre rarely got a fair shake from middle-aged reviewers.
—Chris Nashawaty, WIRED, 30 July 2024
The laws also aim to give people from those neighborhoods a fair shake at participating in the marketplace without being crushed by industry giants.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2024
Tapper and Bash have already become social media piñatas this week, with Trump acolytes claiming that the Republican won’t get a fair shake.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
But research shows these employee referrals don’t give everyone a fair shake.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
Proponents of the plan describe it as an anti-displacement measure that empowers tenants — especially renters of color and low-income residents — and gives both them and landlords a fair shake.
—Téa Kvetenadze, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2024
That someone like Stormy Daniels, who is painted a certain way, doesn’t get a fair shake in the legal system.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
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Doug Kyed, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2024
Tina, a chef at the restaurant, is like a Boomer resident who wanted to enter formal training decades ago, never got a fair shake, but kept working and somehow kept her enthusiasm alive and is now having her moment.
—Abraham Nussbaum, STAT, 6 Aug. 2024
By the tail end of the ’70s, science fiction as a genre rarely got a fair shake from middle-aged reviewers.
—Chris Nashawaty, WIRED, 30 July 2024
The laws also aim to give people from those neighborhoods a fair shake at participating in the marketplace without being crushed by industry giants.
—Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2024
Tapper and Bash have already become social media piñatas this week, with Trump acolytes claiming that the Republican won’t get a fair shake.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
But research shows these employee referrals don’t give everyone a fair shake.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
Proponents of the plan describe it as an anti-displacement measure that empowers tenants — especially renters of color and low-income residents — and gives both them and landlords a fair shake.
—Téa Kvetenadze, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2024
That someone like Stormy Daniels, who is painted a certain way, doesn’t get a fair shake in the legal system.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
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“A fair shake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20fair%20shake. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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