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fair shake

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fair shake (plural fair shakes)

(idiomatic) Reasonable, unbiased treatment; a fair deal.
Synonyms: fair crack of the whip, fair go, fair shake of the sauce bottle, fair suck of the sav, fair suck of the sauce bottle

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I felt that K wasn't getting a fair shake anyway. Nicholas Lea

The myth of the liberal media empowers conservatives to control debate in the United States to the point where liberals cannot even hope for a fair shake anymore. Eric Alterman

All workers want is a fair shake. James P. Hoffa

I've spent my career trying to help people without connections understand what's going on so that they have a chance of getting a fair shake from the connected and the powerful. Allan Sloan

There is virtually nothing I wouldn't be willing to do, to try and make sure that children have a fair shake in life. Daniel Keys Moran

Liberals believe that they can't get a fair shake from the media anymore. Eric Alterman

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