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词汇 by-hook-or-by-crook
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by hook or by crook


idiom
by any method possible: 想方设法,千方百计,不择手段
I decided I was going to get that job by hook or by crook.我下定决心无论如何都要得到那份工作。
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by hook or by crook | American Dictionary


by hook or by crook


idiom
using any method possible:
We’ll get there by hook or by crook.

Examples of by hook or by crook


by hook or by crook
It is the technique of all minority dictatorships which, byhookorbycrook, seize power.
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Somehow or other, byhookorbycrook, this company had to be carried into the next generation of aero-engines.
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All other sources have failed and people are forced byhookorbycrook to buy a house.
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It is obvious that that is done for the purpose of getting, byhookorbycrook, a particular answer to that question.
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Within the next week or two these people, byhookorbycrook, have to get blankets, kitchen tables, linoleum, clothing, etc.
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That is understandable, of course, because they had, byhookorbycrook accumulated this mass of people who had to be kept satisfied.
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Yes, he will intervene byhookorbycrook—whether they are hooked figures or crooked figures, he will tell me.
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It was complex only because the end gain—privatisation byhookorbycrook—was the starting point.
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It is in that context that, byhookorbycrook, we need to find devices to prevent that from happening again.
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The board was determined byhookorbycrook sooner or later to make this law apply to private clubs, because it is rabid.
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He is, after all, proposing to get £750,000 from the co-operative societies, byhookorbycrook.
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It is utterly unfair, for the purpose of getting revenue byhookorbycrook, and that is what we object to.
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It is also clear that these minorities will continue their efforts byhookorbycrook, by exaggeration and distortion, to destroy the legislation completely.
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They have control of the administration of this industry, and they intend, byhookorbycrook, to preserve that control within their own hands.
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They will have the fuel byhookorbycrook.
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