come hell or high water
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“I was going to find a way, come hell or high water, whether there was a clinic I was able to access or not,” Knowlton said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2022
“I wanted to be open to nature, come hell or high water, and open to new friendships,” he said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
I look at it very much like this jigsaw puzzle where, come hell or high water, we had to figure out.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
"The general theme of these calls was, come hell or high water, there will be a peaceful transfer of power on January twentieth," a senior official told the book's authors.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2021
She would keep her coffee down come hell or high water.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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