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catch-as-catch-can
catch-as-catch-can (kăch′əz-kăch-kăn′, kĕch′əz-kĕch-)adj. Using or making do with whatever means are available; irregular: made a catch-as-catch-can living doing odd jobs.
catch′-as-catch-can′ adv.catch-as-catch-can n (Wrestling) a style of wrestling in which trips, holds below the waist, etc, are allowed adj, advchiefly US and Canadian using any method or opportunity that comes to handTranslationscatch-as-catch-can
catch as catch canDone by any means or in any possible way, often haphazardly. The restaurant was so busy during dinner that getting service was catch as catch can. When you're a surgical intern, sleep is simply catch as catch can in between cases.See also: can, catchcatch-as-catch-canWith, by, or having whatever is available; as best as or in any way possible. Any new parent can tell you that sleep is catch-as-catch-can once your baby is born. There was a period in college when I was out of work and had to live catch-as-catch-can.catch-as-catch-canthe best one can do with whatever is available. We went hitchhiking for a week and lived catch-as-catch-can. There were ten children in our family, and every meal was catch-as-catch-can.catch as catch canBy whatever means or in any way possible, as in There was no formal language program; one simply learned Spanish catch as catch can. This term, in slightly varying versions but with the same meaning, dates from the late 1300s. See also: can, catchˌcatch-as-catch-ˈcan (American English) using whatever is available: The company took a catch-as-catch-can approach to IT training. ♢ The visit was arranged catch-as-catch-can. Catch-as-catch-can was a type of wrestling (= fighting in which people hold each other and try to throw the other to the ground) in which most things were allowed.catch as catch canBy any method that can be used; without any specific plan or order. Variants of this term go back as far as the fourteenth century (“Was none in sight but cacche who that cacche might,” John Gower, ca. 1394) and appeared in John Heywood’s 1546 collection of proverbs (“Catch that catch may”). More specifically, it is the name of both a children’s game and a style of wrestling (also called freestyle) in which the wrestlers may get a hold on each other anyhow and anywhere. See also: can, catchCatch-As-Catch-Can
Catch-As-Catch-Can professional wrestling that allows any moves or holds, including tripping, holding the legs with the arms, hitting, and twisting and bending the joints, with the aim of pinning the opponent on his shoulders. This form of wrestling originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in North America; its sources go back to 17th-century American amateur catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which was based on British and Mayan wrestling. As a form of entertainment, commercial matches are presented in the USA, Great Britain, Italy, and a number of other capitalist countries; they are usually held in a ring and have a predetermined scenario. |