by hook or by crook
Prepositional phrase
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Prepositional phrase
- (idiomatic) By any means possible; one way or another.
- She was determined to win the contract, by hook or by crook.
- French: de gré ou de force, d'une manière ou d'une autre
- German: auf Biegen und Brechen, auf Teufel komm raus, um jeden Preis, mit Haken und Ösen
- Portuguese: como for, por bem ou por mal
- Russian: все́ми пра́вдами и непра́вдами
- Spanish: por todos los medios, de una forma u otra
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