do-or-die

[doo-er-dahy]

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adjective

reflecting or characterized by an irrevocable decision to succeed at all costs; desperate; all-out: a do-or-die attempt to halt the invaders.

involving a potentially fatal crisis or crucial emergency.

Origin:
1875–80

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do-or-die

—*adj*
	(prenominal) of or involving a determined and sometimes reckless effort to succeed

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