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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Tchotchkes, fake plants, and flowers are also fair game.
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Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Everything above the belt is fair game, but points are doubled when the blows land below it.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
Every second of that footage would be fair game.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
Ten times that basis of $8 million is $80 million, all of which could be fair game for the QSBS exclusion.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Everything above the belt is fair game, but points are doubled when the blows land below it.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
Every second of that footage would be fair game.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
Ten times that basis of $8 million is $80 million, all of which could be fair game for the QSBS exclusion.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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 10 Sep. 2025.
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