go-as-you-please

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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

Texas fought in the wild and savage style of the prairie, nip-and-tuck, go-as-you-please; and he was wild with anger.

From A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism by Sinclair, Upton

There is no easy friendliness for us, no careless talk, no happy go-as-you-please and naturalness.

From In the Mountains by Arnim, Elizabeth von

I think it will have to be a go-as-you-please contest.”

From The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike by Aldridge, Janet

Drills were incessant, but scouts were few, and after the years of "go-as-you-please" work in Arizona the —th was getting rapidly back into soldierly shape.

From Marion's Faith. by King, Charles