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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Any night … is fair game for locally dense fog.
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
But whatever the results, no lab studies will resolve the deeper philosophical debate about what risks are worth running to summit a mountain, what forms of aid are fair game, and what the whole enterprise is really about.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
Because most second-growth trees – which can be up to 175 years old – are still fair game, only 2% have avoided the axe.
—John P. O’Brien, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Really, any place with an abundant food source is fair game for a hyperphagic bear.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 13 Sep. 2025
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
But whatever the results, no lab studies will resolve the deeper philosophical debate about what risks are worth running to summit a mountain, what forms of aid are fair game, and what the whole enterprise is really about.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
Because most second-growth trees – which can be up to 175 years old – are still fair game, only 2% have avoided the axe.
—John P. O’Brien, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Really, any place with an abundant food source is fair game for a hyperphagic bear.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 13 Sep. 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 20 Sep. 2025.
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