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What does by hook or by crook mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word by hook or by crook? Here's what it means.

Prepositional phrase
  1. (idiomatic) By any means possible; one way or another.
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I had to watch the steering, and circumvent those snags, and get the tin-pot along by hook or by crook.
The present set of officials, according to Rover, want to be elected by hook or by crook.
I have the impression that these companies want internationality and size by hook or by crook.
A driving-school trainer said that people want a licence by hook or by crook, without mastering the basics of driving a vehicle.
It doesn't matter what we think, say the focus groups, the political elite wants to join the euro and, by hook or by crook, it will force us into membership.
Their only concern is to win the match by hook or by crook and be in line to enter the final round.

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