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.

Examples of fair game in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In fact, anything decaying or ripening is fair game for a slug or snail. — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 7 July 2026

Slides, jokes and the occasional embarrassing photo are fair game. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026

And any attempt to cap what college athletes can be paid, absent a collective bargaining agreement, is fair game for criticism. — Austin Meek, New York Times, 30 June 2026

Choose each node’s position at random — any point on the sphere is fair game, and the placement of each node has no influence over the placement of any other node. — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2026

Rhymes for fair game

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