Usually means: Unrestricted, free from any limitations.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word no holds barred:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. no holds barred: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. no-holds-barred: Merriam-Webster
  3. no holds barred: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. no-holds-barred: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. no-holds-barred, no-holds-barred, no holds barred: Collins English Dictionary
  6. no-holds-barred, no holds barred: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. no-holds-barred, no holds barred: Wiktionary
  8. no-holds-barred, no holds barred: Dictionary.com
  9. No Holds Barred (Biohazard album), No Holds Barred (Tweedy Bird Loc album), No holds barred: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. No Holds Barred: The Word Detective
  11. no-holds-barred, no holds barred: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. no-holds-barred: Legal dictionary
  2. no-holds-barred: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. no-holds-barred: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. no-holds-barred: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. no-holds-barred, no holds barred: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. No Holds Barred: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (no holds barred)

▸ adjective:  (wrestling) Without restrictions on holds or what opponents may do.
▸ adjective:  (figurative) Having absolutely no limits or restrictions as far as the levels and nature of one's hostilities and offense; taking to an especially ruthless or vicious manner.

Similar:
no-holds-barred, free-for-all, restraintless, catchweight, wide open, absolute, holdless, boundless, freehanded, bare-knuckled, more...

Opposite:
restricted, regulated, controlled, limited, moderated

Adjectives:
toll-free, curbless, unleashed, free, broad, freewheeling, frank, open-ended, free-range, abandoned

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Similar:
no-holds-barred, free-for-all, restraintless, catchweight, wide open, absolute, holdless, boundless, freehanded, bare-knuckled, more...

Opposite:
restricted, regulated, controlled, limited, moderated

Adjectives:
toll-free, curbless, unleashed, free, broad, freewheeling, frank, open-ended, free-range, abandoned



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