Usually means: Improvise using available means, resources.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word catch-as-catch-can:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. catch-as-catch-can: Merriam-Webster
  2. catch-as-catch-can: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. catch-as-catch-can: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. catch-as-catch-can, catch-as-catch-can: Collins English Dictionary
  5. catch-as-catch-can: Wiktionary
  6. catch-as-catch-can: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. catch-as-catch-can: Dictionary.com
  8. Catch-as-catch-can: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. catch-as-catch-can: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. catch-as-catch-can: A Word A Day
  2. catch-as-catch-can: Idioms

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Catch-as-catch-can: Sports Definitions

Definitions from Wiktionary (catch-as-catch-can)

adjective:  (idiomatic) Only when possible or when the opportunity presents itself; intermittent.
adjective:  (wrestling) Relating to catch wrestling, a folk style of wrestling with minimal restrictions.
adverb:  Ad hoc; in any way possible.

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