English / idiom
By Hook or by Crook
MEANING IN ENGLISH
By any possible means necessary, whether fair or demanding
In context
01
By hook or by crook, the devoted father ensured his daughters attended the best preparatory school.
02
The siblings resolved to gather every distant relative for grandmother's centenary by hook or by crook.
Synonyms
by any means,at all costs,come what may
Antonyms
by fair means only,scrupulously
Collocations
manage by hook or by crook,achieve by hook or by crook,succeed by hook or by crook