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
That was a slap-bang, go-as-you-please trip, which didn’t—hullo! look there!”
From Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone by Stratemeyer, Edward
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
He gave us, in fact, to understand that German thoroughness and forethought have gripped the old go-as-you-please Turk and are making him march to the Parade-schritt.
From Gallipoli Diary, Volume I by Hamilton, Ian, Sir
Klondyke, for all his go-as-you-please air, was not the kind of man who entered easily upon personal relations.
From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.
