come hell or high water
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see hell or high water.
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Also,. No matter what difficulty or obstacle, as in I'm going to finish this week, come hell or high water. This colloquial expression, alluding to the destructive forces of hellfire or flood, was first recorded in 1915 but is thought to be older.
Example Sentences
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“I was going to find a way, come hell or high water, whether there was a clinic I was able to access or not,” Knowlton said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2022
I look at it very much like this jigsaw puzzle where, come hell or high water, we had to figure out.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
"The general theme of these calls was, come hell or high water, there will be a peaceful transfer of power on January twentieth," a senior official told the book's authors.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2021
But really the only hope of a marriage surviving is that both parties must be fully committed to it, no matter what, come hell or high water, through thick or thin.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2017
She would keep her coffee down come hell or high water.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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