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Encyclopedia > Catch as catch can

An idiomatic phrase in English describing a situation in which an ad hoc solution must be improvised due to the lack of ideal conditions. It translates literarlly as "in any manner possible." For instance, in the following sentence:


"We don't have enough textbooks for everyone, so we will have to proceed with the class catch as catch can"


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Catch wrestling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1168 words)
Catch wrestling is arguably the ancestor of modern professional wrestling and mixed martial arts competitions.
Catch wrestling became immensely popular across both sides of the Atlantic, especially in the carnivals in the United states of America during the late 19th and early 20th century.
Catch wrestling was one of the formative influences of the Russian martial art of Sambo wrestling.
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Fortunately, Catch as Catch Can is a lot of fun, with Cook gleefully throwing obstacles and narrow misses with the police into the Gingerbread Man's path.
The only point that Catch as Catch Can faltered for me was in the final story, involving the return of the wolf and one of the kids from the first story.
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