go through hell and high water

go through hell and high water

To face many challenges in the process of doing or accomplishing something. All of our flights were either delayed or canceled, so we had to go through hell and high water to get here. I don't care if we have to go through hell and high water—we must take back power from this violent regime! The boss made me go through hell and high water to earn this corner office, believe me. I was doing everything from leading presentations to getting him coffee for months.

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go through hell and high water

BRITISH

If you go through hell and high water, you experience a lot of difficulties. We'd been through hell and high water together: births, marriages and deaths. Small countries such as Ireland had gone through hell and high water to meet these strict controls. Note: You can also say that someone does something through hell and high water to mean that they continue with it despite problems. Smith pursued his career through hell and high water. Compare with come hell or high water.

See also: and, go, hell, high, through, water

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