F
Idioms beginning with "F"
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Contents of F:
[facts of life] {n. phr.}
1. The truth which we should know about sex, marriage, and births.
His father told him the facts of life when he was old enough.
2. The truths one learns about people and their good and bad habits of life, work or play.
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[fade back] {v.}
To back away from the line before passing in football.
The quarterback is fading back to pass.
Compare: [DROP BACK].
[fail to do] {v. phr.}
To neglect to do something that is expected of one.
Tom waited for Jane for nearly an hour, but she failed to show up.
[fair and square] {adv. phr.}, {informal}
Without cheating; honestly.
He won the game fair and square.
[fair catch] {n.}
A catch of a kicked football by a player after he holds up his hand to show that he will not run with the ball.
He saw that he would not be able to run with the ball, so he signalled for a fair catch.
[fair-haired boy] {n.}, {informal}
A person that gets special favors; favorite; pet.
If he wins the election by a large majority, he will become his party's fair-haired boy.
* /The local boy playing first base could do no wrong; he was the […]
[fair play] {n.}
Equal and right action (to another person); justice.
The visiting team did not get fair play in the game.
The judges decided against Bob, but he said that he had gotten fair play.
* /Sally's sense of fair play made her a […]