Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anything goes

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.05 in modern English

Syllables: any-thing -goes
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

There are no rules or restrictions.

Example Sentences

"In olden days a glimpse of stocking Was looked on as something shocking But now, Heaven knows, Anything goes."
"My way, your way, anything goes tonight!"
"Joyce Barnaby: You don't kill someone because they made you redundant. DCI Tom Barnaby: Not in the town, dear, but this is the country. And, in the country, anything goes."
"[…] fucking and sucking by providing an anything-goes atmosphere reminiscent of the wildest days of the baths."

Phrases

fast and loose no-holds-barred

Frequently Paired Words

unrestricted free wild fast and loose debauched promiscuous unregulated no-holds-barred

Questions

What does anything goes mean?: There are no rules or restrictions.

How to pronounce anything goes

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