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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Let your Muse take the wheel and guide your hand — music, drawing, or writing — anything goes at this time.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 3 June 2024
Christian ethics and praxis are not a sentimental game of anything goes.
—Bill Keane, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2024
In other words, the usual suspects for Republicans when anything goes wrong in America.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2024
Those will be the pieces that will be life-savers if anything goes unplanned with the weather or something else.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 13 May 2024
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Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 3 June 2024
Christian ethics and praxis are not a sentimental game of anything goes.
—Bill Keane, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2024
In other words, the usual suspects for Republicans when anything goes wrong in America.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2024
Those will be the pieces that will be life-savers if anything goes unplanned with the weather or something else.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 13 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for anything goes
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“Anything goes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anything%20goes. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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