What does fair game mean?

fair game means "a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence".

What is another word for fair game?

Close synonyms include prey, quarry, target. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fair game a common word?

fair game is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

fair game — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
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”
Synonymsprey quarry target
Broadervictim

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What does fair game mean?: fair game means "a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence".
What is another word for fair game?

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