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play fair
verb as in behave
Strongest match
Weak matches
- act correctly
- act one's age
- act with decorum
- be civil
- be good
- be nice
- be on best behavior
- be orderly
- comport oneself
- conduct oneself properly
- demean oneself
- deport oneself
- discipline oneself
- keep one's nose clean
- keep the peace
- live up to
- manage oneself
- mind one's manners
- mind one's p's and q's
- observe golden rule
- observe the law
- shape up
- toe the mark
- watch one's step
Example Sentences
They tend not to play fair, and “Good Girl’s Guide” is no exception.
And in the antitrust lawsuits that they filed against Apple last month, the Justice Department pointed back to complaints that company co-founder Steve Jobs had raised in 1998 against Microsoft’s “dirty tactics” while urging regulators to take steps to force the PC software maker “to play fair.”
They shook hands and promised to play fair.
“They took Cristiano Ronaldo out of the team and they say, ‘You still have a team,’ but yeah, but let’s be fair and play fair.”
“Things like that just don’t play fair in our mind.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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