by hook or by crook
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Seemingly, all the children of the Valley are being shuttled by their parents toward Stanford, where they will matriculate by hook or by crook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
"I'm going to have to hope we can get on some kind of train or get to Liverpool somehow by hook or by crook," he adds.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2022
But enhanced unemployment benefits expire in mid-March, and they’re determined to reach their legislative goal by that effective deadline by hook or by crook.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2021
Theater may still be a fraud but, by hook or by crook, it’s going to be her fraud.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2021
Our major plan, which we didn’t even have to discuss, was to get back together with Edmond and Isaac and Osbert by hook or by crook.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
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