FREE-FOR-ALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does free-for-all mean? 

• FREE-FOR-ALL (noun)
  The noun FREE-FOR-ALL has 1 sense:

1. a noisy fight in a crowd

  Familiarity information: FREE-FOR-ALL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FREE-FOR-ALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A noisy fight in a crowd

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

brawl; free-for-all

Hypernyms ("free-for-all" is a kind of...):

combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)

 Context examples 

In a second there would be a free-for-all fight, and he would be robbed of his vengeance.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)