fast and loose

Example Sentences

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Appearing on the same programme, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said Labour would "not play fast and loose" with the nation's finances, if it returned to power after the next general election.

From BBC

Sure, on my podcast it's fast and loose, but it seems loose and immediate, but I'm thinking about tiny little articles and things and stitching things together more meticulously than it looks.

From Salon

While the music industry was still figuring out how to commercially release songs and albums online, these largely unsanctioned sites provided a platform to distribute semiofficial rap music that played by fast and loose rules — signed artists put out music without the oversight of their record labels, and a lot of it featured uncleared samples.

From New York Times

Ronny D appears to be playing it fast and loose with campaign finance laws!

From Slate

Some nights, after slipping into the bathtub at 3 a.m. following a meal of coq a vin or ziti, I wondered if I was throwing my body-clock into some kind of irreparable disrepair by playing fast and loose with what had been my sleeping hours.

From Salon