hook or crook
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“Catastrophe” felt more like the first decade of my marriage, which was very confusing, trying by hook or crook to shed bad habits that I had.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025
By hook or crook, she was going to see Beyoncé.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2023
And he just kept going, winning primaries by hook or crook, all the way to the end.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2016
If we are weak, they will want ours too, by hook or crook.
From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2012
"By some hook or crook they manage to get about all I make—I know that well enough—and half the time they keep me awake at night when I'm tired out."
From The Cottage of Delight A Novel by Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel)
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