by hook or crook
Example Sentences
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It’s also good enough for the federal government, which has been trying by hook or crook to increase supplies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2020
In the process, “Yesterday” gently explores the mystery of musical inspiration, what constitutes fraud, the inevitability of certain artistic expressions and the ability of love to find its way by hook or crook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2019
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
I do think you ought to tell if by hook or crook you’ve found— There now, don’t flare up again!
From Lonesome Town by Ethel Dorrance
