hook or crook

Idioms  

1. see by hook or crook.

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Example Sentences

By hook or crook, she was going to see Beyoncé.

From Washington Post

In a jukebox musical set to songs by the pop whisperer Max Martin, May is obviously going to sing, by hook or crook, Britney Spears’s “I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman” while pondering exactly where on the gender spectrum feels right.

From New York Times

It was the last-chance opportunity for Donald Trump to remain president, by hook or crook.

From Salon

"I wanted to go back but I didn't want to be seen as a failure. I thought, 'I'm a determined young man, I want to succeed by hook or crook in this country,' and that carried me."

From BBC

“This is a massive challenge to Imran Khan in a country of low morals and where the selfish forces of status quo are out to upstage him by hook or crook,” Gul told The Associated Press.

From Seattle Times