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hell or high water

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

  1. No matter what the adverse circumstances.

    "The barn goes down tomorrow, rain or shine, hell or high water, with your cooperation or without it."

intj

  1. No matter what the adverse circumstances.

    I am a man of my word, hell or high water.

noun

  1. Highly adverse circumstances; acts of God.

    Even though sportswriters are supposed to be impartial, I'm a Brooklyn boyo and Dodger fan through hell or high water, so my beer is Schaefer.

    Bankers call this a hell-or-high-water deal because it protects the buyer from the directors and offers from other bidders.