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
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
But the one thing we all agree on, and that we all KNOW, is that by hook or by crook “Company” is coming back!
From New York Times ● May 14, 2020
Another way of saying you don’t know what you’ve got. by hook or by crook.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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