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by_hook_or_by_crook

by hook or by crook

English

Prepositional phrase

by hook or by crook

(idiomatic) By any means possible; one way or another.
She was determined to finish the project, by hook or by crook.‎

Translations

by any means possible

Arabic:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 千方百計 (zh), 千方百计 (zh) ‎(qiānfāngbǎijì)
Danish: koste hvad det vil (no matter the cost), med hiv og sving (by a great effort)
Finnish: puukoin ja puntarein, keinolla millä hyvänsä
French: de gré ou de force (fr)
Galician: por calquer xeito, como for
German: auf Biegen und Brechen (de), auf Teufel komm raus (de)
Persian:

Portuguese: como for, por bem ou por mal
Russian: все́ми пра́вдами и непра́вдами (ru) ‎(vsémi právdami i neprávdami), не мытьём, так ка́таньем ‎(ne mytʹjóm, tak kátanʹjem)
Spanish: por todos los medios, de una forma u otra
Swedish:
Thai: ไม่ได้ด้วยเล่ห์ก็เอาด้วยกล ไม่ได้ด้วยมนต์ก็เอาด้วยคาถา (literally "If you can't get it through tricks, use wiles; if you still can't get it by spells, then use charms")
Ukrainian:

See also

by hook or by crook on Wikipedia.Wikipedia