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catch as catch can

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catch as catch can

achieved any way that is possible and not in a planned way Without a school to go to, her education was catch as catch can.

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catch as catch can

By whatever means or in any way possible, as in There was no formal language program; one simply learned Spanish catch as catch can. This term, in slightly varying versions but with the same meaning, dates from the late 1300s.

See also: can, catch