Remember to re-enable them, though!

Do it only in the scope of a small code block

use strict;
...
# strict in effect here
...
{
    no strict q{refs};
    # strict refs not in effect in the scope
    # of this code block so do something with
    # symbolic refs here
    ...
}
...
# strict refs back in effect again without having
# to remember to re-enable it.
...
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But, as imp says, don't go there if you can possibly help it.

Cheers,

JohnGG