noun [sing.]
1 a situation in which there are no rules or controls and everyone acts for their own advantage:
The lowering of trade barriers has led to a free-for-all among exporters. * a price-cutting free-for-all
2 a noisy fight or argument in which a lot of people take part:
Prompt action by prison staff prevented a violent free-for-all.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of free-for-all come from?
This entry for free-for-all is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does free-for-all appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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