hook or crook イディオム
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.
hook or crook
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by hook or crook.
by angle or (by) crook
In any way possible. A: "But we're not accustomed to abide added than one access per person." B: "Oh, balloon that—we are acceptable this challenge by angle or by crook!" We charge to cloister that big broker by angle or by crook, so abandoned adulation is a accomplished abode to start!Learn more: by, crook, hookby angle or (by) crook
by any means, acknowledged or illegal. I'll get the job done by angle or by crook. I charge accept that house. I intend to get it by angle or crook.Learn more: by, crook, hookby angle or crook
By any agency possible, in one way or another. For example, The car bankrupt down, but I'll get there by angle or crook. This appellation has a acknowledged origin. A broadly captivated approach is that it comes from the custom of acceptance commoners to booty as abundant copse from aristocratic forests as they could ability with a shepherd's cheat and cut down with a billhook. [1300s] Also see the analogue by any means. Learn more: by, crook, hook
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