catch-as-catch-can

adjective

ˈkach-əz-ˈkach-ˈkan

Synonyms of catch-as-catch-can next

: using any available means or method : hit-or-miss

a catch-as-catch-can system that relies on borrowed judges—

Patricia Nealon

Examples of catch-as-catch-can in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Their thorny flawed catch-as-catch-can humanity now stands in stark contrast to the majority of movies that have been spun off from comic books over the last 40 years. —

Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 June 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of catch-as-catch-can was in 1833

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