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Legitimate target in hoop-la, perhaps?
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fair game
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt" [syn: prey , quarry , target ]
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Fair Game from PRI with Faith Salie was an experimental web and audio/radio hybrid daily public radio program which covered the important stories of the day and used humor to tease out what it all meant. The program was produced and distributed nationally ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The paper seems to think that just because I'm a politician, my entire family is fair game . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All kinds of birds and fish were also fair game , with parrots being particularly prized prey. ▪ Any effect ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context idiomatic English) Actions permissible by the rules. 2 (context idiomatic English) A goal or an object that may legitimately be sought. 3 (context idiomatic English) An acceptable subject of criticism, scrutiny, or mockery. 4 (&lit fair game ...
Usage examples of fair game.
Of course - any natives suspected of loyalty would be fair game - including the gora-colonel's lapdog, as Ram Mangal had charmingly called me.
Brittany may have made the supermarket off-limits, but the convenience store up by the highway was fair game.
Since Stile preferred a fair game, even though Mach was on the other side, he agreed, and had played the demon, and it had been an excellent game.
The people in the airplane wore uniforms, were fair game because of it, and that was that.