Be fair and Lie

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Lie and be fair are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lie" instead a verb phrase "Be fair".

Lie verb - To make a statement one knows to be untrue.

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Be fair and lie are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Be fair" instead a verb "Lie".

Nearby Word: lied

They baked paradise and put out a f**king lie (to be fair, he was in emo mode when he first heard the song)

Source: Tropers / RAM Ch YLD
Then, when Hermione is pregnant with his child, he tells her he won't pretend to accept it because it wouldn't be fair to lie to her, when he wasn't exactly fair to her when he raped her.

Source: Fan Fic / Eden (Obsessmuch)
As it turns out, Rarity's version wasn't entirely accurate (to be fair, she didn't lie, only drew the wrong conclusion from incomplete information), and there was some truth to Ran's version.

Source: Fan Fic / Ponies Of Olympus

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