free-for-all

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  1. noun A disorderly fight, argument, or competition in which everyone present participates. See Synonyms at brawl.

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  • President Obama poked fun at his volatile chief of staff in a free-for-all roasting of Washington and its politicians Saturday night. —  The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines
  • A free-for-all, but carefully moderated, email discussion list in biblical studies Biblische Ausbildung by Stephen L. Cook, professor of Old Testament / Hebrew Bible at Virginia Theological Seminary Blue Cord nuanced, careful comment on Old Testament and more, by biblical scholar Kevin Wilson —  Ancient Hebrew Poetry
  • WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama poked fun at his volatile chief of staff in a free-for-all roasting of Washington and its politicians Saturday night. —  Black America Web
  • Here's my question to you: Why has the Republican race for the presidential nomination suddenly become a free-for-all? —  Cafferty File
  • By this he means current art's free-for-all spirit, where, besides paintings or photographs, viewers might encounter videos (seen in every kind of format), or find themselves walking through rooms of changing ambient light, or through theater-set-like installations resembling bunkers, say, or work sites where all the details are subtly, or wildly, ambiguous. —  The New York Review of Books
 

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