fair game
noun
: someone or something that can be chased, attacked, or criticized
Celebrities are fair game for the tabloids.
The tourists were fair game for the pickpockets.
Even her retirement savings were fair game for her creditors.
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Items that require refrigeration after opening are fair game.
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Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 30 Oct. 2024
Unfortunately because this play blew up on the Bears, everything is fair game.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2024
Resist the urge to wear these kicks exclusively with your Lululemon ABCs; trousers and chinos are also fair game here.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 28 Oct. 2024
Roast — or insult — comedians often argue that there are no lines in comedy and that everything, no matter how sensitive, is fair game.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
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Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 30 Oct. 2024
Unfortunately because this play blew up on the Bears, everything is fair game.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2024
Resist the urge to wear these kicks exclusively with your Lululemon ABCs; trousers and chinos are also fair game here.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 28 Oct. 2024
Roast — or insult — comedians often argue that there are no lines in comedy and that everything, no matter how sensitive, is fair game.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for fair game
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“Fair game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair%20game. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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