by hook or by crook
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Still, by hook or by crook, I do hope we eventually tear down the decaying rental infrastructure in order to rebuild a rental car system that is several degrees saner than the one we’ve inherited.
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2023
"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
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
They’re in business to make money, and if that means directing players by hook or by crook to the schools they’re invested in, so be it.
From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2018
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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