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do or die definition


  1. mod.
    having to try as hard as one can. : He has the obsessive do or die attitude.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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do (so) definition


  1. tv.
    to make someone tired. : That tennis game really did me in.
  2. tv.
    to cheat someone; to take (so) in. : The scam artists did the widow in by talking her into giving them all the money in her bank account.
  3. tv.
    to kill someone. : The crooks did the bank guard in.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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do or die

Exert supreme effort because failure is close at hand, as in Carol was going to set up the computer, do or die. This hyperbolic expression in effect says one will not be deterred by any obstacle. [c. 1600]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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