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no holes barred

no holes barred prepositional phrase: eggcorn of no holds barred.

Prepositional phrase

no holes barred

  1. Eggcorn of no holds barred.
    • Cruickshank has faced a series of lawsuits as a result of his no-holes-barred brand of often libellous or unfounded investigative journalism.2009 March 2, George Binning, “Welcome to Digger land”, in Glasgow Guardian Archive, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2025
    • Off-screen I treated him like an equal as an actor and as a minor, a kid, but when we were together in character it was no holes barred and the results were great to watch.2011 December 19, “Pollyanna Mckintosh”, in This is Horror, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2025
  2. Sexually available for all kinds of sexual activity.

Questions about no holes barred

What does no holes barred mean?
No holes barred means eggcorn of no holds barred.
What part of speech is no holes barred?
No holes barred is a prepositional phrase.

Words near no holes barred in the dictionary

  1. no harm, no foul
  2. no harm, no fowl
  3. no hat, no play
  4. no hell
  5. no holds barred
  6. no holes barred
  7. no homo
  8. no horse in that race
  9. no horse in this race
  10. no horse run
  11. no host bar

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