fair go
Speech parts
1. fair go - Noun
2. fair go - Interjection
Meaning
fair go
(Australia, New Zealand, informal) Used in protest to implore or demand that someone act with more fairness or reason, or desist in something considered outrageous.
Fair go mum! Let me go to the party tonight!
fair go (plural fair gos)
(Australia, New Zealand, informal) A reasonable or equitable opportunity to attempt something.
He said he wanted a fair go to apply for the scholarship.
Synonyms
Examples
Labor's message then is this: we believe in a strong economy; we believe also in a fair go for all, not just for some.
I had watched for many years and seen how a few rich families held much of Argentina's wealth and power in their hands. So Peron and the government brought in an eight hour working day, sickness pay and fair wages to give poor workers a fair go .
We try to portray ourselves as a very egalitarian society, the land of the fair go...But I think that we are quite segregated. And class exists in Australia – it's much more slippery and hard to get your hands on than in other places where it's more structured and stratified. But it's there.
The Australian public are very fair and they are always prepared to give the leader of a major political party a fair go.