 Fri May 05, 2006 11:26 am Catch |
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Hi mlngvt,
You asked for an explanation as follows:
| Quote: | Please explain "a catch-as-catch-can policy."
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This means that you try to catch someone in whatever way you can manage. If it is used as a policy adopted by a company possibly selling insurance, you are asking your sales people to use whatever method they like to attract future customers/clients.
Apparently the expression comes from an old style of wrestling where the two contestants fought each other without any rules about what they could and couldn't do in the way of holds.
Alan
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