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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But no matter his impressive lap times, the majority of executives refuse to give Senna a fair shake.
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Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 29 Nov. 2024
She champions ideals my father stood for: improving education, building good jobs, supporting labor unions and making sure everyone gets a fair shake.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2024
But the Recording Academy still has work to do to make sure that country artists are getting a fair shake in the marquee categories.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Anderson believes all of the tackles are getting a fair shake.
—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
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Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 29 Nov. 2024
She champions ideals my father stood for: improving education, building good jobs, supporting labor unions and making sure everyone gets a fair shake.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2024
But the Recording Academy still has work to do to make sure that country artists are getting a fair shake in the marquee categories.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Anderson believes all of the tackles are getting a fair shake.
—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
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“A fair shake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20fair%20shake. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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