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Princeton's WordNet

  1. brawl, free-for-allnoun

    a noisy fight in a crowd

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  1. free-for-allnoun

    Hence: Any vigorous competition in which anyone can compete, with few or no rules, and in which the winner is unpredictable; as, when they began to distribute the free food, the orderly line of hungry recipients degenerated into a free-for-all.

Wiktionary

  1. free-for-allnoun

    Chaos; a chaotic situation lacking rules or control.

    When the fire alarm went off, it was a free-for-all.

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  1. free-for-all

    A free-for-all refers to a disorderly or chaotic situation where rules are disregarded and everyone is allowed or invited to participate, often pursuing their own interests without restriction or control. It can also refer to a disorganized competition, debate, or activity where everyone involved is trying to gain an advantage.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of free-for-all in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of free-for-all in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of free-for-all in a Sentence

  1. Megan Rapinoe:

    I’m 100% supportive of trans inclusion. People do not know very much about it. We’re missing almost everything. Frankly, I think what a lot of people know is versions of the right’s talking points because they’re very loud. They’re very consistent, and they’re relentless, at the highest level, there is regulation. In collegiate sports, there is regulation. And at the Olympic and professional level. It’s not like it’s a free-for-all where everyone’s just doing whatever.

  2. Andrew Garfield:

    This isn’t me showing off. It was a free for all. It was like a royal rumble. It remains one of the best nights of my life. It was this mass sexual awakening. i’m still friends with my four best friends from school and we’ll have a drink at a pub and we’ll have a quiet moment and one of us will be like, ‘Dora’s party…’.

  3. Natalie Sawyer:

    Before Covid, I spent money without even thinking about it. We ate out a lot and I shopped for things that I didn't necessarily need. It was a kind of free-for-all with my money. Once Covid hit and [ we ] were forced to stay in, we started cooking all of [ our ] meals.

  4. Vangelis Meimarakis:

    We need a clear distinction between refugees and migrants...be unrelenting with people traffickers and not convey the message this is a free for all.

  5. Mary Ziegler:

    In different ways, a lot of the different major abortion restrictions we see floating around now are all targeting viability, and that would be a big deal because if it's not viability, then the question is, is there any other dividing line, or is it just sort of a free-for-all where it's not clear what kind of restrictions the courts are going to allow, and if it's going to allow them earlier and earlier in pregnancy.


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