Noun: free-for-all 'free-fu,rol
- A noisy fight in a crowd
"A free-for-all broke out among the protesters";
- brawl, stoush [Austral, NZ, informal], bagarre [rare]
- A chaotic or unrestricted situation
"The debate devolved into a free-for-all"
Derived forms: free-for-alls
Type of: combat, fight, fighting, scrap
Encyclopedia: Free-for-all