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free-for-all
[ free-fer-awl ]
noun
- a fight, argument, contest, etc., open to everyone and usually without rules.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- any competition or contested situation that is disordered, impulsive, or out of control:
a free-for-all at the buffet table.
- 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
- open to everyone.
free-for-all
noun
- informal.a disorganized brawl or argument, usually involving all those present
Word History and Origins
Origin of free-for-all1
Example Sentences
Musk had famously become red-pilled in the last few years and was a very important cultural figure since he bought Twitter and made it X, a right-leaning free-for-all.
Marshall’s main concern was to avoid a “free-for-all” with huge numbers of visitors overwhelming the park’s infrastructure and natural beauty.
This precipitated a free-for-all, with the public helping themselves to the remnants.
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.
The race, for the moment, is more of a free-for-all than it has been in years.
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