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by accident or design

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(whether) by accident or design
whether intended to be this way or not. The system, whether by accident or design, benefits people who live in the cities more than people who live in the country.
See also: accident, design


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Unfortunately the horns of one of the creatures, either by accident or design, came in violent contact with the flank of the mustang, and excited it to madness.
A Study In Scarlet by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
But he was a man of flaming and tigerish temper, and coming to high words with one of them, he caught him by the throat and flung him by accident or design, into the sea.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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