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free-for-all
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a free-for-all
a situation that is not controlled, and where everyone does what they want or fights for what they want to get. This is supposed to be a sensible debate, don't let it degenerate into a free-for-all. In the economic free-for-all of the final years of communism, he was able to amass a sizeable fortune.

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We talked about Tom's uncanny way of handling people and situations and the New York Umbra group: "We met at Tom Dent's apartment and often the meetings would turn into free-for-alls.
While London officials have made good on their promise to use toll revenue only for transport purposes, American politicians have a habit of steering toll money into nebulous slush funds and turning transport bills into free-for-alls.
The open space is designed to provide a more humane atmosphere, but when tempers flare, the architecture allows for some large-scale free-for-alls.
 
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