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anything goes

idiom

There are no rules or restrictions.


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Related idioms7entries
  1. 01

    a little of something goes a long way

    Only a small amount of something is usually required to produce a great effect.

  2. 02

    balloon goes up

    Something exciting, risky, or troublesome begins.

  3. 03

    here goes nothing

    Indicates a lack of confidence or certainty about the activity about to be tried.

  4. 04

    how goes it

    An informal greeting roughly equivalent to how are you.

  5. 05

    if anything

    Used to suggest or state tentatively that something may be the case (often the opposite of something previously implied).

  6. 06

    make it up as one goes along

    To improvise continuously.

  7. 07

    not much of anything

    Very little; not a lot.

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