by hook and by crook
UK/baɪ ˈhʊk‿n̩ baɪ ˈkɹʊk/
by hook and by crook is the alternative form of by hook or by crook.
Meaning of by hook or by crook
Prepositional phrase
- By any means possible; one way or another.
- She was determined to win the contract by hook or by crook.
- Synonyms:
- at all costs, by any means, by fair means or foul, no matter what, whatever it takes, with hook or crook
Words that rhyme with by hook and by crook
38 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- blook
- brooke
- logbook
- stook
- jook
- mistook
- overcook
- shook
- sook
- talk like a book
- took
- undercook
- abrook
- betook
- bring to book
- by hook or by crook
- checkbook
- cheque book
- chequebook
- Corner Brook
- forsook
- Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook
- gook
- Hughes Brook
- Knook
- log book
- log-book
- Main Brook
- mook
- overtook
- partook
- quook
- schnook
- shnook
- South Brook
- Steady Brook
- uncrook
- undertook
Questions about by hook and by crook
- What is by hook and by crook the alternative form of?
- By hook and by crook is the alternative form of by hook or by crook.
- How do you pronounce by hook and by crook?
- By hook and by crook is pronounced /baɪ ˈhʊk‿n̩ baɪ ˈkɹʊk/ (UK).
Words near by hook and by crook in the dictionary
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