go crook Idiom, Proverb

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by hook or by crook

in any way necessary She says that she will go to Italy this year by hook or by crook.

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Crooklyn

see Brooklyn

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Crooked as a dog's hind leg

Someone who is very dishonest is as crooked as a dog's hind leg.

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by hook or by crook|crook|hook

adv. phr. By honest ways or dishonest in any way necessary. The wolf tried to get the little pigs by hook or by crook. The team was determined to win that last game by hook or by crook, and three players were put out of the game for fouling.

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by hook or crook

by hook or crook
By any means possible, in one way or another. For example, The car broke down, but I'll get there by hook or crook. This term has a disputed origin. A widely held theory is that it comes from the custom of allowing commoners to take as much wood from royal forests as they could reach with a shepherd's crook and cut down with a billhook. [1300s] Also see the synonym by any means.

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crook

crook
In addition to the idioms beginning with crook, also see by hook or crook.
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- crook one's elbow

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crook one's elbow

crook one's elbow
Also, bend one's elbow. Drink liquor, especially a great deal. For example, Bill is known to crook his elbow now and then, or Uncle Joe rather overdoes it with bending his elbow. Both slangy expressions allude to the motion of lifting a drink to one's lips, which involves bending the elbow. The first dates from about 1820, and the second from about 1900.

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hook or crook

hook or crook
see by hook or crook.

go crook

1. To become affronted or irritated. Primarily heard in Australia. Of advance he went crook—you angered him in advanced of the accomplished town!2. To get sick. Primarily heard in Australia. Oh, she went cheat aftermost night, so I'm actuality to booty her place.Learn more: crook, go

go crook

1 lose your temper; become angry. 2 become ill. Australian & New Zealand informal Crook in backward 19th-century Australian argot meant ‘bad’ or ‘unpleasant’. 1 1950 Coast to Coast 1949–50 What'd you do if you were expelled? Y'r old man'd go crook, I bet. Learn more: crook, go

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