catch-as-catch-can
Any method goes
Catch-as-catch-can describes doing whatever works with whatever's available—improvised, opportunistic, unstructured.
The phrase comes from wrestling where any hold is permitted.
It now applies broadly to haphazard or ad hoc approaches: Our scheduling was catch-as-catch-can that summer, a catch-as-catch-can education pieced together from night classes and library books.
Occurring without pattern
- hit-or-missLacking consistent results
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- chaoticTotally without arrangement
- disorganizedLacking systematic arrangement
scattershot · slapdash · patchy · sporadic · unsystematic · unmethodical · helter-skelter · higgledy-piggledy
Temporary, improvised substitute
- jury-riggedTemporarily fixed with scraps
- cobbled-togetherAssembled from random parts
- patchworkFabric scraps sewn together
- thrown-togetherAssembled hastily, without care
on-the-fly · ad-hoc · impromptu · kludge · bodged · MacGyvered · stopgap · scratch-built
Without prescribed technique
- grapplingClose-quarters combat technique
- submissionYielding to another's will
- pinningFastening with pointed fasteners
- holdsKeeps in possession
takedowns · Lincolnshire · Lancashire · folkstyle · mat · clinch · scramble · no-holds-barred
Clever, original thinking
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
- resourcefulnessAbility to solve problems creatively
- scrappinessCombative determination despite disadvantage
- inventivenessCapacity for original creation
cleverness · quick-thinking · opportunistic · pragmatic · survivalist · hustling · scrounging · foraging
random
Occurring without pattern
- hit-or-missLacking consistent results
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- chaoticTotally without arrangement
disorganized · scattershot · slapdash · patchy · sporadic · unsystematic · unmethodical · helter-skelter · higgledy-piggledy · pell-mell
makeshift
Temporary, improvised substitute
- jury-riggedTemporarily fixed with scraps
- cobbled-togetherAssembled from random parts
- patchworkFabric scraps sewn together
thrown-together · on-the-fly · ad-hoc · impromptu · kludge · bodged · MacGyvered · stopgap · scratch-built · rigged
freestyle
Without prescribed technique
- grapplingClose-quarters combat technique
- submissionYielding to another's will
- pinningFastening with pointed fasteners
holds · takedowns · Lincolnshire · Lancashire · folkstyle · mat · clinch · scramble · no-holds-barred
ingenuity
Clever, original thinking
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
- resourcefulnessAbility to solve problems creatively
- scrappinessCombative determination despite disadvantage
inventiveness · cleverness · quick-thinking · opportunistic · pragmatic · survivalist · hustling · scrounging · foraging · scavenging
- grapplingsubmission hold, chokehold, wrestling match, arm bar, freestyle wrestling
catch-as-catch-canmethodical
Organized and deliberate
systematic · organized · orderly · structured · planned
catch-as-catch-canguaranteed
Promised with certainty
assured · reliable · secure · steady · dependable
catch, catching, catches, catcher, catchers, catchment, catchable, uncatchable, recatch