fair and square
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Just and honest, as in He won the race fair and square. This redundant expression—fair and square mean essentially the same thing—probably owes its long life to its rhyme. [Early 1600s]
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Words nearby fair and square
faintheart, fainthearted, faints, fainty, fair, fair and square, fair ball, Fairbanks, Fairborn, fair catch, fair copy
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How to use fair and square in a sentence
I need hardly say, however, that the spider does not kill her prey by a mere fair-and-square bite alone.
Science in Arcady|Grant Allen