FAST AND LOOSE

Meaning of FAST AND LOOSE in English

adverb Date: 1580 in a reckless or irresponsible manner , in a craftily deceitful way

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

FAST AND LOOSE — adverb : recklessly , irresponsibly : in a craftily deceitful way — formerly used in the phrase to play at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FAST AND LOOSE — Date: 1580 1. : in a reckless or irresponsible manner played fast and loose with the public purse strings — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FAST AND LOOSE — Function: adverb Date: 1580 1 : in a reckless or irresponsible manner <played fast and loose with the public purse …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FAST AND LOOSE — [fast and loose] adv (1557) 1: in a reckless or irresponsible manner "played fast and loose with the public purse …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FAST AND LOOSE — Synonyms and related words : adrift, afloat, alternating, amorphous, capricious, changeable, changeful, desultory, deviable, dizzy, eccentric, erratic, fickle, fitful, flickering, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FAST AND LOOSE — 1. Variable, inconstant, fickle, uncertain. 2. Slippery, unreliable, tricky, shuffling, evasive, fencing, hedging.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
FAST AND LOOSE — непостоянный, изменчивый, ненадежный безответственно; бесцеремонно; ненадежно - to play * with the truth искажать истину - he played * with …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FAST-AND-LOOSE — ярмарочная игра в веревочку (мошенническая)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FAST AND LOOSE — безответственно; бесцеремонно; ненадёжно to play fast and loose with the truth - искаать истину he played fast and loose with …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FAST-AND-LOOSE — n ярмарочная игра в верёвочку ( мошенническая )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FAST AND LOOSE — непостоянный, изменчивый, ненадежный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FAST AND LOOSE — (n) ярмарочная игра в веревочку
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
FAST-AND-LOOSE — n ярмарочная игра в верёвочку ( мошенническая )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FAST AND LOOSE — безответственно; бесцеремонно; ненадёжно to play ~ with the truth - искажать истину he played ~ with his wife's money - …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FAST AND LOOSE — безответственно; бесцеремонно; ненадёжно to play fast and loose with the truth - искаать истину he played fast and loose with …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FAST-AND-LOOSE — n ярмарочная игра в верёвочку ( мошенническая )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FAST AND LOOSE — изменчивый, ненадежный, непостоянный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FAST AND LOOSE — изменчивый, ненадежный, непостоянный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FAST AND LOOSE — непостоянный, изменчивый, ненадежный
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FAST AND LOOSE — непостоянный, изменчивый, ненадежный
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FAST AND LOOSE — непостоянный, изменчивый, ненадежный
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FAST AND LOOSE — непостоянный, изменчивый, ненадежный
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FAST-AND-LOOSE — ярмарочная игра в веревочку (мошенническая)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FAST AND LOOSE — непостоянный, изменчивый, ненадежный безответственно; бесцеремонно; ненадежно - to play * with the truth искажать истину - he played * with …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LOOSE — I. ˈlüs adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English loos, lous, from Old Norse lauss loose, free — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOOSE — — loosely , adv. — looseness , n. /loohs/ , adj., looser, loosest , adv. , v. loosed, loosing . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FAST — fast 1 /fast, fahst/ , adj., faster, fastest , adv., faster, fastest , n. adj. 1. moving or able to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOOSE — I. ˈlüs adjective ( loos·er ; loos·est ) Etymology: Middle English lous, from Old Norse lauss; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FAST — I. ˈfast adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fæst; akin to Old High German festi firm, Old Norse fastr, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOOSE — vi to set sail. 2. loose ·noun freedom from restraint. 3. loose ·noun a letting go; discharge. 4. loose ·superl …
Webster English vocab
FAST — v tenacious; retentive. 2. fast ·noun the shaft of a column, or trunk of pilaster. 3. fast ·v not easily …
Webster English vocab
LOOSE — [loose] adj loos.er ; loos.est [ME lous, fr. ON lauss; akin to OHG los loose--more at -less] (13c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FAST — [fast] adj [ME, fr. OE faest; akin to OHG festi firm, ON fastr, Arm hast] (bef. 12c) 1 a: firmly …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOOSE — loose BrE AmE luːs ▷ loosed luːst ▷ looser ˈluːs ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ looses ˈluːs ɪz …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FAST — fast BrE AmE fɑːst § fæst AmE fæst ▷ fasted ˈfɑːst ɪd § ˈfæst-, -əd AmE ˈfæst əd ▷ faster …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAST — / fɑːst; NAmE fæst/ adjective , adverb , verb , noun ■ adjective ( fast·er , fast·est ) QUICK 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FAST — I. fast 1 S2 W3 /fɑːst $ fæst/ BrE AmE adverb 1 . MOVING QUICKLY moving quickly: Slow down – …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LOOSE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 a not or no longer held by bonds or restraint. b (of an animal) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FAST — adj. & adv. --adj. 1 rapid, quick-moving. 2 capable of high speed (a fast car). 3 enabling or causing or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOOSE — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 a not or no longer held by bonds or restraint. b (of an animal) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FAST — adj. & adv. adj. 1 rapid, quick-moving. 2 capable of high speed (a fast car). 3 enabling or causing or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOOSE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. a not or no longer held by bonds or restraint. b (of an animal) …
Oxford English vocab
FAST — 1. adj. & adv. --adj. 1. rapid, quick-moving. 2 capable of high speed (a fast car). 3 enabling or causing …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAST — ( faster, fastest, fasts, fasting, fasted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LOOSE — (NOT FIXED) [adjective] -r, -st - not firmly fixed in placeThere were some loose wires hanging out of the wall.I'd …
Cambridge English vocab
LOOSE — Synonyms and related words : Bohemian, Paphian, abandoned, abate, absonant, adrift, affable, afloat, afoot and lighthearted, aid, aimless, aleatoric, aleatory, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOOSE — adj. hang loose loose lipped loose tongued
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LOOSE — I. adjective 1. not tightly bound, held, restrained, or stretched loose rope Synonyms: lax, relaxed, slack Related Word: detached, free; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Longman Activator English vocab
FAST — INDEX: 1. moving or travelling fast 2. fast cars/planes/trains 3. doing things quickly or happening quickly 4. to move very …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOOSE — adj. 25B6; adjective a loose floorboard : NOT FIXED IN PLACE, not secure, unsecured, unattached; detached, unfastened; wobbly, unsteady, movable. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOOSE — adj. 1 unattached, unconnected, disconnected, detached, free, unsecured, unfastened, movable I have a loose tooth The vacuum cleaner will pick …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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