catch-as-catch-can

  • 21catch-as-catch-can — in any way possible We are in the middle of moving house so the meals when you visit will be catch as catch can …

    Idioms and examples

  • 22catch as catch can — achieved any way that is possible and not in a planned way. Without a school to go to, her education was catch as catch can …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 23catch-as-catch-can — American achieved any way that is possible and not in a planned way. We were working round the clock to finish the project so food and sleep were catch as catch can …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 24catch as catch can — noun 1. a style of wrestling in which any hold is allowed. –phrase 2. play catch as catch can, to adopt unorthodox and desperate measures to achieve a goal …

  • 25catch-as-catch-can — /ˌkætʃ əz ˌkætʃ ˈkæn/ (say .kach uhz .kach kan) adjective 1. indiscriminate: a catch as catch can approach. –adverb 2. indiscriminately …

  • 26catch-as-catch-can wrestling — Wrestling Wres tling, n. Act of one who wrestles; specif., the sport consisting of the hand to hand combat between two unarmed contestants who seek to throw each other. Note: The various styles of wrestling differ in their definition of a fall… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 27catch-as-catch-can wrestling — ▪ sport       basic wrestling style in which nearly all holds and tactics are permitted in both upright and ground wrestling. Rules usually forbid only actions that may injure an opponent, such as strangling, kicking, gouging, and hitting with a… …

    Universalium

  • 28Catch as catch can —   This means that people should try to get something any way they can …

    Dictionary of English idioms

  • 29Scratch-As-Catch-Can — Infobox Film name = Scratch As Catch Can image size = caption = director = Mark Sandrich producer = Lou Brock writer = Bobby Clark William Grew Johnny Grey Mark Sandrich narrator = starring = Bobby Clark Paul McCullough music = cinematography =… …

    Wikipedia

  • 30catch as catch can — take it if you are able; free wrestling, type of wrestling …

    English contemporary dictionary