by all means

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by all means

certainly; yes; absolutely. I will attempt to get there by all means. Bob: Can you come to dinner tomorrow? Jane: By all means. I'd love to.

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The Thursday before the Friday on which the fair Zoraida was to go to the garden she gave us a thousand crowns more, and warned us of her departure, begging me, if I were ransomed, to find out her father's garden at once, and by all means to seek an opportunity of going there to see her. Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context [1256a] As a slave is a particular species of property, let us by all means inquire into the nature of property in general, and the acquisition of money, according to the manner we have proposed. A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context But he made up his mind to oppose his friend's departure by all means in his power, and so pretended to give in, at the same time keeping on the watch. Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context			buy sight unseen buy the big one buy the farm buy time buy trouble buy up buy way buy way in buy way out buy wolf ticket buy you a drink? buzz buzz along buzz for buzz in buzz into a place buzz off buzz with by a hair by a mile by a nose by a show of hands by a whisker by accident or design by all appearances by all means by all means of by and large by ankle express by any means by any stretch of the imagination by brute strength by chance by check by choice by coincidence By cracky! by day by definition by degrees by dint of by fair means or foul by far by force of habit by godfrey by guess and by gosh by hand by heart by herself by hook or by crook by hook or crook			by (one's) (own) bootstraps by (one's) (own) bootstraps by (one's) (own) bootstraps by (one's) (own) bootstraps by a hair By a long chalk by a long shot by a long shot by a long shot by a mile by a nose by a show of hands by a stronger reason by a whisker by accident or design By Agreement By Agreement By Agreement By Agreement by all accounts by all accounts by all accounts by all accounts by all accounts by all accounts by all appearances by all appearances by all appearances by all appearances by all appearances by all means By All Means Band By All Means Music by all means of by all odds by all odds by all odds By Alphabetical Order By Alphabetical Order By Alphabetical Order by and by by and large by and large by and large by and large each and every time By And Large Good Enough by ankle express By Any Chance By any manner of means by any means by any means by any means by any means by any means by any means By Any Means Necessary. by any stretch of the imagination By Appointment Only by artificial means By Believing One Sees by brute strength

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