be fair

Meaning

1. Oxford73% of films

   used to tell sb to be reasonable in their judgement of sb / sth

   Be fair, Inspector. Think what he'd do to me if I told you.

In the movies · 9

• To be fair, you've never been good with money.Ghostbusters: Afterlife2021
• To be fair, I'm quite a catch.Venom2018
• Be fair, Inspector. Think what he'd do to me if I told you.Theatre of Blood1973
• Well, to be fair,Knives Out2019
• Sport should be fair.Icarus2017
• Face it. Be fair.The Rundown2003
• But, to be fair...Zootopia2016
• To be fair, he is from St. Louis.Gone Girl2014

Learn it in full scenes

• Knives Out2019
  • Police Question the Thrombeys
  • Blanc Introduces Himself to the Family
  • The Family Recounts Party Night

From the same entry

• all's fair in love and war
• by fair means or foul
• a fair crack of the whip
• fair enough
• fair's fair
• a fair hearing
• a fair shake
• your fair share of
• fair to middling
• it's a fair cop
• fair and square
• set fair

More idioms

• in the wrong
• draw the line
• that is
• that is to say
• along lines
• to the point
• do the math
• feel strange
• for a start
• for benefit
• would you believe
• give it up