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
The combatants had entered upon the go-as-you-please stage.
From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Scott, Walter, Sir
It was a leisurely, go-as-you-please affair, and, as a railroad, was considerable of a joke.
From The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret by Penrose, Margaret
As fast as Tom learned the custom, he adapted himself to the lazy, go-as-you-please kind of life.
From Tom Slade on a Transport by Clarity, Thomas
It aims to permanently check the wastefulness of go-as-you-please forestry now evident from every car-window in this country.
From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress