"fair warning" meaning in English

See fair warning in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: fair warnings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fair warning (plural fair warnings)
  1. (set phrase) A friendly warning of something undesirable.
    Sense id: en-fair_warning-en-noun-lBY6X8~U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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