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by dint of something

because of something; due to the efforts of something. (Dint is an old word meaning 'force,' and it is never used except in this phrase.) They got the building finished on time by dint of hard work and good organization. By dint of much studying, John got through college.

by dint of something

as a result of or because of something By dint of hard work, I had risen to the position of district principal.

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By dint of leaping, climbing, gambolling amid the abysses of the gigantic cathedral he had become, in some sort, a monkey and a goat, like the Calabrian child who swims before he walks, and plays with the sea while still a babe. Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context At length it reached the province of Damerghou; there the three travellers parted, and Barth took the road to Kano, where he arrived by dint of perseverance, and after paying considerable tribute. Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context She had never been permitted to wear it before, and it had only been by dint of much coaxing that she had induced Aunt Janet to let her wear it to the concert. The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context			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 itself by leaps and bounds by main strength and awkwardness by means of by mistake by myself by no means by oneself by ourselves by return mail and by return post by rote by shank's mare by the back door by the book by the day			by comparison by comparison by compulsion will by contraries by contraries by contraries by copy to by course of conduct by courtesy by courtesy by courtesy by courtesy By cracky! by custom by day By default By default By default By default By default By Defined Payment by definition by degrees by degrees by degrees by degrees by degrees By deputation by design By Designers for Designers by dint of By Direction By Direction of the Commanding Officer By Direction of the President By Divine Right By Easy Stages by election by election By End of the Day By estimation by experimentation by fair means or foul by far by far by far by far by fingertips by fingertips by fingertips By fits by fits and starts by fits and starts by fits and starts by fits and starts by fits and starts by fits and starts by foot by foot by foot by foot by force of habit

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