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
His dictum, if accepted unreservedly, would leave the door open to all kinds of "natural," haphazard and go-as-you-please methods of breathing, the "simplicity" of which consists in simply being incorrect.
From The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation by Miller, Frank E.
Bert had not been long at Mr. Garrison's school before he discovered that it was conducted on what might fairly be described as "go-as-you-please" principles.
From Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia by Finnemore, Joseph
It's just a go-as-you-please, each one for himself.
From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Paine, Albert Bigelow
Not to speak flippantly, it was a genuine go-as-you-please hurdle race, for they had to jump the low, mud walls forming the fences.
From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul
