Society
treat something like a free-for-all
use a place as if there were no rules
To treat a place like a free-for-all means to behave there as if everyone can do whatever they want without rules.
Hear it in real life
Why is everyone pushing near the stage?
They are treating the entrance like a free-for-all.
The children treated the living room like a free-for-all while we were away.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: They treated the park like ‸ free-for-all.
Say: They treated the park like a free-for-all.
Keep the article “a” in the expression “like a free-for-all.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
treat a place like a free-for-all; treat something as a free-for-all
Your turn: say it out loud
The children treated the living room like a free-for-all while we were away.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
treat something like a free-for-all
use a place as if there were no rules
“The children treated the living room like a free-for-all while we were away.”
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