in (all) fairness (to somebody)

in (all) fairness (to somebody)
in (all) fairness (to sb) idiom
used to introduce a statement that defends sb who has just been criticized, or that explains another statement that may seem unreasonable

In all fairness to him, he did try to stop her leaving.

I have in fairness to say that, as yet, there is no hard evidence to support these charges.

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