play fast and loose
1play fast and loose — 1. (from the cheating game) to be unreliable or shifty 2. To behave without sense of moral obligation 3. To trifle (with with) • • • Main Entry: ↑fast play fast and loose To act in a shifty, inconsistent, and reckless fashion • • • Main Entry:… …
2play fast and loose — If people play fast and loose, they behave in an irresponsible way and don t respect rules, etc …
3play fast and loose — ► play fast and loose behave irresponsibly or immorally. Main Entry: ↑play …
4play fast and loose — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s King John. KING PHILIP: Good reverend father, make my person yours, And tell me how you would bestow yourself. This royal hand and mine are newly knit, And the conjunction of our inward souls Married in league,… …
5play fast and loose — verb a) To ignore proper behavior or social conventions, especially when it suits ones purpose. I cannot say that the there were any outright lies in the editorial, but it does play fast and loose with the truth. b) To be recklessly inaccurate,… …
6play fast and loose — If people play fast and loose, they behave in an irresponsible way and don t respect rules, etc. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
7play fast and loose with — old fashioned phrase to treat someone or something in a careless way He had played fast and loose with her feelings. Thesaurus: to be cruel or unkind to someonesynonym Main entry: play …
8play fast and loose with something — play fast and loose with (something) to treat something without enough care or attention. The film is very entertaining even though it plays fast and loose with the historical facts …
9play fast and loose with — (something) to treat something without enough care or attention. The film is very entertaining even though it plays fast and loose with the historical facts …
10play fast and loose with something — play fast and loose with (something/someone) to treat something or someone without enough care. Like many film makers, he plays fast and loose with the facts to tell his own version of the story …
