anything goes
idiom
: anything is acceptable : there are no rules for behavior, dress, etc.
Today, in terms of clothing, almost anything goes, but they recall when the dress code was strictly formal.—
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The vehicles arrive with safety drivers behind the wheel, ready to intervene in case anything goes wrong.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2024
But while the Italian film festival generally encourages an Old Hollywood dress code, the VMAs have more of an anything goes approach.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
Long ago in the late 1950s and early ‘60s in the U.S., such sports cars were raced under the classification Formula Libre, meaning with virtually no rules, anything goes.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
But those times have gone the way of ankle socks and ’NSYNC—bye, bye, bye, that is—and in their place is a beauty world where anything goes.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 9 Aug. 2024
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Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2024
But while the Italian film festival generally encourages an Old Hollywood dress code, the VMAs have more of an anything goes approach.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
Long ago in the late 1950s and early ‘60s in the U.S., such sports cars were raced under the classification Formula Libre, meaning with virtually no rules, anything goes.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
But those times have gone the way of ankle socks and ’NSYNC—bye, bye, bye, that is—and in their place is a beauty world where anything goes.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Anything goes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anything%20goes. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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