fair shake

Noun

fair shake (plural fair shakes)

1. (idiomatic) Reasonable, unbiased treatment; a fair deal.
   • 1973 Nov. 20, "Army Rejects Plea To Erase 2 Charges On Benedict Arnold," New York Times (retrieved 24 May 2017):

     Raymond J. Williams, the board's executive secretary, told a reporter, "We tried to give the guy [Arnold] a fair shake."

   • 1980 April 14, David Aikman, "In Seattle: Up from Revolution," Time (retrieved 24 May 2017):

     "America is not ideologically racist. Americans are willing to give people a fair shake."

   • 2009 July 16, Christopher McGimpsey, "The absurd quest for a united Ireland," Guardian (UK) (retrieved 24 May 2017):

     The average citizen in the republic wants to go to bed at night and feel that Catholics in Northern Ireland are receiving a fair shake.

   • 2015 May 11, Charlie Gillis, "Inside the daddy wars," Maclean's Magazine (Canada) (retrieved 24 May 2017):

     A vast network of fathers’ groups, labour lawyers, bloggers and social advocates rallied to his cause, forcing a national conversation about whether caregiving fathers were getting a fair shake.