fast and loose

Example Sentences

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The Russian had the initiative for much of the match, but his baffling tendency to play fast and loose in critical positions cost him against Ding as it did against Carlsen.

From Washington Times

They faked it, but didn’t make it: Tech executives’ recent convictions indicate that the start-up world’s fast and loose culture actually has consequences.

From New York Times

“Renfield,” a fast and loose horror-comedy splattered top to bottom with blood, is about Renfield trying to break free of Dracula’s fearsome sway — “a destructive relationship” as Renfield describes in a self-help group.

From Washington Times

“America’s slide down the slippery slope to banana republic territory is on full display today,” Gilbert wrote, saying Trump’s indictment is “political revenge, nothing more. All Americans should be deeply concerned. If a prosecutor can play this fast and loose with the criminal justice system in order to arrest a former President he simply doesn’t like, then our entire political system is in peril.”

From Washington Post

Jeremy Quin accused the opposition of "acting fast and loose" over the chief of staff job offer to Sue Gray, who left her position as Second Permanent Secretary in the Cabinet Office last week.

From BBC