by fair means or foul

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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.

See also: fair, foul, mean

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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. The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context 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. The Odyssey by Homer View in context			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 the dozen			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 by gad by gad by gad by gad by godfrey by golly by guess and by golly by guess and by gosh by gum by gum by gum

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