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Definition of catch-as-catch-can in English: catch-as-catch-cannoun mass noun1archaic Wrestling in which all holds are permitted. 〈古〉自由式摔跤 Example sentencesExamples - Wanting to know the answer for himself, on Thursday, February 23, 1905 the President arranged a private match between Professor Yamashita and a middleweight catch-as-catch-can wrestler named Joseph Grant.
- Spectators at Highland Games will also have seen more esoteric styles such as catch-as-catch-can.
2usually as modifier A situation of using whatever is available. 能用什么就用什么的；用随便什么方法的；不择手段的 the catch-as-catch-can repair of fences Example sentencesExamples - It seems to me that this is an advantage worth hanging on to, even in this catch-as-catch-can age.
- But these sites also operate in a more catch-as-catch-can fashion, relying largely on what is either sent to them by other writers or they themselves can snag from the information vortex.
- His journey included training and employment as a mechanic, catch-as-catch-can flight instruction, and - finally - civilian flight school.
- It is likely that the types of things this book examines in detail are discussed catch-as-catch-can in the hallways, after class, or briefly with a full-time practitioner or attorney giving a guest lecture.
- ‘Although there have been efforts in particular places, it's pretty much catch-as-catch-can,’ she said.
- The orchestral sound is raw (ugh, those brass instruments!) and the execution is catch-as-catch-can.
- But, since this enemy has an informal, catch-as-catch-can command structure, the military says it's finding that even the low-level operatives often have pieces of information that help complete the intelligence mosaic.
Definition of catch-as-catch-can in US English: catch-as-catch-cannounˌkaCHəzˌkaCHˈkanˌkætʃəzˌkætʃˈkæn archaic Wrestling in which all holds are permitted. 〈古〉自由式摔跤 Example sentencesExamples - Spectators at Highland Games will also have seen more esoteric styles such as catch-as-catch-can.
- Wanting to know the answer for himself, on Thursday, February 23, 1905 the President arranged a private match between Professor Yamashita and a middleweight catch-as-catch-can wrestler named Joseph Grant.
adjectiveˌkaCHəzˌkaCHˈkanˌkætʃəzˌkætʃˈkæn attributive Using whatever methods or materials are available. 能用什么就用什么的；用随便什么方法的；不择手段的 our catch-as-catch-can repair of fences Example sentencesExamples - In the time between the two market weeks, Ms Harris has used her time wisely to fine-tune her creative sense and otherwise tighten up what was an operation that did leave a catch-as-catch-can, unfocused first impression.
- But most memorably, Alyosha meets a lovely young woman named Shura, who like him is traveling catch-as-catch-can to visit her fiancé.
- It's unfortunate that the fast pace of catch-as-catch-can modern science makes it difficult for science stories to be told by those who can tell them best, the scientists who are doing the work and love what they are doing.
- I tried to do some expansion/contraction exercises while sanding doors the other day, and there have been other sort of functional practice moments, but they're all catch-as-catch-can.
- Visually, there is a great deal of grain and noise in the outdoor sequences, and the lighting is very catch-as-catch-can.
- Then I thought, hey, I could rent a cargo van and take the big stuff so that all the rest of the move will be little catch-as-catch-can runs in the Beetle.
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