catch-as-catch-can 1 adv. phr. In a free manner; in any way possible; in the best way you can. On moving day everything is packed and we eat meals catch-as-catch-can.
catch-as-catch-can 2 adj. phr. Using any means or method; unplanned; free. Rip van Winkle seems to have led a catch-as-catch-can life. Politics is rather a catch-as-catch-can business.
Compare: HIT-OR-MISS.