by hook or by crookDETERMINEDif you are going to do something by hook or by crook, you are determined to do it, whatever methods you have to use 千方百计地;不择手段地 The police are going to get these guys, by hook or by crook. 警方无论如何也要抓住这些家伙。
by hook or by crook• The police are going to get these guys, by hook or by crook.• If she set her mind on something, then she had to acquire it, by hook or by crook.
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