"play fast and loose" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the con game fast and loose.",
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        "singular",
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    },
    {
      "form": "playing fast and loose",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "played fast and loose",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "played fast and loose",
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        "past"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I cannot say that there were any outright lies in the editorial, but it does play fast and loose with the truth.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ignore proper behavior or social conventions, especially when it suits one's purpose."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To ignore proper behavior or social conventions, especially when it suits one's purpose."
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        "idiomatic"
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      "glosses": [
        "To be recklessly inaccurate, inappropriate, or otherwise ignoring guidelines and conventions."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be recklessly inaccurate, inappropriate, or otherwise ignoring guidelines and conventions."
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        "idiomatic"
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To act in a tricky, inconstant way, saying one thing and doing another."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To act in a tricky, inconstant way, saying one thing and doing another."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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  "etymology_text": "From the con game fast and loose.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plays fast and loose",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "playing fast and loose",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played fast and loose",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played fast and loose",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ignore proper behavior or social conventions, especially when it suits one's purpose."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To ignore proper behavior or social conventions, especially when it suits one's purpose."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be recklessly inaccurate, inappropriate, or otherwise ignoring guidelines and conventions."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To be recklessly inaccurate, inappropriate, or otherwise ignoring guidelines and conventions."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To act in a tricky, inconstant way, saying one thing and doing another."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To act in a tricky, inconstant way, saying one thing and doing another."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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