fair go
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.95 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
Used in protest to implore or demand that someone act with more fairness or reason, or desist in something considered outrageous.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Informal
noun
A reasonable or equitable opportunity to attempt something.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Informal
Example Sentences
- "Fair go mum! Let me go to the party tonight!"
- "‘Fair go, mate,’ protested Al, as the man dropped to his knees and attempted to pull the sturdy army-issue boots from the private′s feet. George, catching on, directed Al′s gaze to a row of neatly stacked shoes and Aloysius begrudgingly relented."
- "He said he wanted a fair go to apply for the scholarship."
- "I have never minded a licking and have never asked for anything more than a fighting chance. But to have to give away five stone in weight and six inches in height was not my idea of a fair go."
- "But for this government to load up funding to the wealthiest schools in this country is anathema to the great Aussie notion of a fair go for all."
- "‘We have heard about a fair go for Labor,’ Fraser told the crowd in his peroration. ‘A fair go for the most hopeless Government in our history? A fair go for the party that created the first depression for forty years?[…]’"