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Meaning of "play fast and loose" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PLAY FAST AND LOOSE

play fast and loose play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLAY FAST AND LOOSE

play a part
play along
play ball
play box
play by ear
play cat and mouse
play clothes
play down
play fair
play false
play favourites
play for time
play God
play hardball
play havoc
play hell with
play into the hands of
play merry hell with
play off
play on

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLAY FAST AND LOOSE

caboose
Canada goose
choose
cut loose
footloose
golden goose
goose
hang loose
have a screw loose
have a slate loose
let loose
loose
mongoose
moose
Mother Goose
noose
on the loose
pick and choose
the loose
unloose

Synonyms and antonyms of play fast and loose in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «play fast and loose» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLAY FAST AND LOOSE

Find out the translation of play fast and loose to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of play fast and loose from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «play fast and loose» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

朝三暮四
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

jugar rápido y libremente
570 millions of speakers

English

play fast and loose
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खेलने के तेज और ढीली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لعب سريع وفضفاضة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

безответственно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jogar rápido e solto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দ্রুত এবং আলগা খেলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

agir d´une manière irresponsable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bermain cepat dan longgar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

spielen schnell und locker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

遊ぶ迅速かつ緩い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

재생 빠르고 느슨한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Muter cepet lan ngeculake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chơi nhanh và lỏng lẻo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேகமாக மற்றும் தளர்வான விளையாட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जलद आणि सुटलेला खेळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hızlı ve gevşek oyna
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

giocare a tira e molla
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grać szybkie i luźne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безвідповідально
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

joacă rapid și liber
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παίζουν γρήγορα και χαλαρά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

speel vinnig en los
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spela snabbt och löst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spille rask og løs
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of play fast and loose

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLAY FAST AND LOOSE»

The term «play fast and loose» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.925 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLAY FAST AND LOOSE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about play fast and loose

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLAY FAST AND LOOSE»

Discover the use of play fast and loose in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to play fast and loose and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
play fast and loose play sb/sth false play fast and loose tallem, qesendis, luaj teater me □ Stop playing fast and loose with that girl's feelings. □ 'It's a shame by Heavens, 'said George ... 'to play fast and loose with a young girl's affection.
Ilo Stefanllari, 2000
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Idioms in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
Reuters (8/31/2011) The writers also play fast and loose with the basics, like plot construction and character development. As a result, some of the bits are nonsensical fun... —Los Angeles Times (4/8/2011) And what if the landlord takes the ...
Peter Bengelsdorf
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Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
lavishly * Most of our ministers play ducks and drakes with public money Play fast and loose: Be unreliable; act in a shift, inconsistent and reckless fashion * Don't play fast and loose by deceiving others * We should not play fast and loose with ...
Shori, A K, 2010
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It's Been Said Before: A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Cliches
... something as a new era when it may well be retrospectively indistinct after only a short time. See also dawn ofa new era and end ofan era in the noun clichés. play fast and loose 1 One director may view the script as being open ended and ...
Orin Hargraves, 2014
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Grazer Philosophische Studien: Internationale Zeitschrift ...
We can clarify the notion of loose versus strict identity by looking at several ways Chisholm says that we play 'fast and loose' with identity talk. Sometimes we play fast and loose with identity when we say things like “Route 6 is Point Street in ...
Johannes Brandl, 2008
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Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
F37 To play Fast and loose 1692 Bulkeley Will 145: We may observe how these men dodge and play fast and loose, that a man knows not where to have 'em. 1705 Ingles Reply 157: To play fast and loose. 1726 Sewall Diary 3.372. 1776 Lee ...
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
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Idioms of Self Interest: Credit, Identity, and Property in ...
... you commerce not with bankrupts, or poor needy Ludgathians. They are impudent creatures, turbu- lent spirits. They care not what violent tragedies they stir, nor how they play fast and loose with a poor gentleman's fortunes to get their own” ...
Jill Phillips Ingram, 2013
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
2000 Independent We understand that the bidding was fast and furious right up to the last minute. make a fast buck: see BUCK. play fast and loose ignore your obligations; be unreliable. 6 Fast and loose was the name of an old fairground ...
John Ayto, 2010
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
Death on the Dragon's Tongue. 1982. Woodstock, Vt.: Foul Play Press, 1990. To play fast and loose (APP 127; ODEP 630; EAP 145; MP 215) 1911 "There is nothing in playing fast and loose with oneself." (III, 2082) The Complete Short Stories ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases: Terms and ...
Hence probably the latin festinare, to make haste (to hasten), to play fast and loose ; now used in the import of, to act equivocally, to make use of double dealings ; seems, t'u Pije leij fast, Hand loose ; q. e. in the place where the lazy Monk is ...
John Bellenden Ker, 1840

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLAY FAST AND LOOSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term play fast and loose is used in the context of the following news items.
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Obama breaks with protocol in Africa to criticise Republicans' 'lack of …
... that issues of war and peace of such grave concern and consequence, that we don't play fast and loose that way,” Obama told reporters. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Obama blasts Mike Huckabee: He's trying to 'push Mr. Trump out of …
That issues of war and peace are of such grave concern and consequence that we don't play fast and loose that way." For his part, Huckabee ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
3
Huckabee's 'oven' comment draws Obama ire
... that issues of war and peace are of such grave concern and consequence that we don't play fast and loose that way. We have robust debates ... «SunHerald.com, Jul 15»
4
Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Hailemariam …
... that issues of war and peace are of such grave concern and consequence that we don't play fast and loose that way. We have robust debates ... «Whitehouse.gov, Jul 15»
5
Reflections after 20 years under the Statehouse dome
But there are some who play fast and loose with the rules. There are some who can't be trusted to stick to their word. There are others who ... «The Courier-Journal, Jul 15»
6
Time travellers, Alex Depledge and sex apps: this week in Winners …
Amazon, led by CEO Jeff Bezos, likes to play fast and loose when it comes to actually making money, instead it usually pours any profits ... «The Memo, Jul 15»
7
Sherlock Season 4 Premier Date, News and Spoilers: Mary's …
... upcoming Sherlock season 4, "While we play fast and loose with the original stories, we generally follow the trajectory of what Conan Doyle ... «Crossmap, Jul 15»
8
The Radical, Militant Nostalgia of EL Doctorow
In doing so, Doctorow could play fast and loose with history — a magician's act he performed with glee in canonical novels like The Book of ... «Flavorwire, Jul 15»
9
Position review: Pac-12 North quarterbacks
And we know Leach can play fast and loose with his quarterbacks. Still, Falk has enough on film to indicate he can drive this quarterback-driven ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
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Watch-dogging health news across the pond
It's not only U.S. news media outlets that sometimes misinterpret results from medical research or play fast and loose with health claims. «HealthNewsReview.org, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Play fast and loose [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/play-fast-and-loose>. Apr 2024 ».
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