Usually means: Equal opportunity to prove oneself.
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  1. fair shake: Merriam-Webster
  2. fair shake: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. fair shake: Wiktionary
  4. fair shake: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. fair shake: Dictionary.com
  6. FAIR SHAKE: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  7. fair shake: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fair shake: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fair shake: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fair shake)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) Reasonable, unbiased treatment; a fair deal.

Similar:
fair-handedness, fair, fairhood, fairmindedness, equity, Fairplay, justice, a good deal, real deal, fair wind, more...

Opposite:
unfair treatment, injustice, discrimination

Phrases:
get a fair shake, a fair shake, gave a fair shake, gets a fair shake, getting a fair shake, more...

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Similar:
fair-handedness, fair, fairhood, fairmindedness, equity, Fairplay, justice, a good deal, real deal, fair wind, more...

Opposite:
unfair treatment, injustice, discrimination

Phrases:
get a fair shake, a fair shake, gave a fair shake, gets a fair shake, getting a fair shake, give a fair shake, given a fair shake, gives a fair shake, giving a fair shake, got a fair shake, more...



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