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play fast and loose
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play fast and looseverb
To ignore proper behavior or social conventions, especially when it suits one's purpose.
play fast and looseverb
To be recklessly inaccurate, inappropriate, or otherwise ignoring guidelines and conventions.
Etymology and Origins
Play Fast and Loose
An expression derived from a very old cheating game called “Pricking the Belt,” which in the modified form of “Prick the Garter,” may yet be met with at fairs and race meetings. The victim was invited to stick a skewer through a folded belt so as to pin it to the table; whereupon the other, taking the two ends, proved that the belt had not been made fast at all; hence to “play fast and loose with a man.”
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of play fast and loose in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of play fast and loose in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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