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by fair means or foul |
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by fair means or foul if you try to achieve something by fair means or foul, you use any method you can to achieve it, even if it is not honest or fair. He was determined to become senator, by fair means or foul. |
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The wicked shrew was determined to get rid of the girl by fair means or foul, and kept saying to her father: 'Send her away, old man; send her away--anywhere so that my eyes sha'n't be plagued any longer by the sight of her, or my ears tormented by the sound of her voice. Then, having done all this, think it well over in your mind how, by fair means or foul, you may kill these suitors in your own house. |
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by fair means or foul
