play fast and loose

Meaning

1. play fast and loose (with sb / sth)

   to treat sb / sth in a way that shows that you feel no responsibility or respect for them

In the movies · 2

• They tangle, disrupt, intimidate, play fast and loose with the First Amendment,The Trial of the Chicago 72020
• He was playing her fast and loose, so she caught him out and shot him.Adam's Rib1949

From the same entry

• fast and furious
• a fast talker
• a fast worker
• make a fast buck
• be quick on the draw
• hard and fast
• pull a fast one
• as fast as your legs can carry you
• hold fast to
• stand fast
• thick and fast