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Definition of fair-weather adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fair-weather

adjective
 
/ˈfeə weðə(r)/
 
/ˈfer weðər/
[only before noun] (disapproving)
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  1. (of people) behaving in a particular way or doing a particular activity only when it is pleasant for them
    • a fair-weather friend (= somebody who stops being a friend when you are in trouble)
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryFair-weather is used with these nouns:
    • friend
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