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free-for-all

[ free-fer-awl ]

noun

  1. a fight, argument, contest, etc., open to everyone and usually without rules.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  2. any competition or contested situation that is disordered, impulsive, or out of control:

    a free-for-all at the buffet table.

  3. Informal. any enterprise or field of endeavor in which various companies, countries, participants, etc., compete without restriction:

    a price-cutting free-for-all among local stores.



adjective

  1. open to everyone.

free-for-all

noun

  1. informal.
    a disorganized brawl or argument, usually involving all those present
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of free-for-all1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
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Marshall’s main concern was to avoid a “free-for-all†with huge numbers of visitors overwhelming the park’s infrastructure and natural beauty.

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This precipitated a free-for-all, with the public helping themselves to the remnants.

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As recently as 2016, a new generation of the Klan held a “White Lives Matter†rally at Pearson Park that devolved into a bloody free-for-all — a fiasco that drew worldwide attention.

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The race, for the moment, is more of a free-for-all than it has been in years.

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A rare few were fortunate to have non-Japanese friends who looked after their property for them, but for most, the rounding-up created a grasping free-for-all opportunity — for others.

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