go-as-you-please
Example Sentences
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Under the rules of "pedestrianism", colloquially known as "go-as-you-please" racing, competitors could walk or run.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2014
There were no more go-as-you-please dinners, and those of the past were remembered with fondness and referred to with respect.
From The Bread Line A Story of a Paper by Albert Bigelow Paine
It's just a go-as-you-please, each one for himself.
From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Albert Bigelow Paine
Well, there was a go-as-you-please fight, I guess, till our men got out from camp, and chased them so far they haven't showed up since.
From Told In The Hills by Marah Ellis Ryan
From early morning until late at night, much to the astonishment of the Americans, the English passengers—men, women, and children—pace the deck as if it were a go-as-you-please contest for immense prizes.
From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Harry Furniss
