kill or cure
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Now, a local industry that has long operated in a near legal vacuum is facing an onslaught of legislative and regulatory initiatives that could amount to a "kill or cure" treatment.
From Reuters • Oct. 4, 2011
Television was promising either to kill or cure the sports world.
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It is either going to kill or cure me.
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The work was kill or cure out there.
From Hunted and Harried by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Germany's scruples in dealing with "sick men," remind one of the charlatans who either kill or cure, according to their estimate of their prospects of being able to grab the inheritance.
From The Schemes of the Kaiser by Adam, Juliette
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