catch-as-catch-can
See also: catch as catch can
English
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Adjective
[edit]- (idiomatic) Only when possible or when the opportunity presents itself; intermittent.
- My efforts lately have been catch-as-catch-can, not carefully planned.
- 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page x:
- My wife did indeed provide the more dependable contributions to our income while mine came catch-as-catch-can.
- (wrestling) Relating to catch wrestling, a form of amateur freestyle wrestling.
- 1980, Walter Armstrong, Wrestling, page x:
- In Lancashire and the north of Ireland, the catch-hold or catch-as-catch-can system still finds favour.
Adverb
[edit]catch-as-catch-can (comparative more catch-as-catch-can, superlative most catch-as-catch-can)
- Ad hoc; in any way possible.