a fair crack of the whip
UK (US a fair shake)Definition
› an equal chance to do something: It's only right that all the candidates should be given a fair crack of the whip.Justice and fairness
(Definition of a fair crack of the whip from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- all's fair in love and war idiom
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