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Come Hell Or High Water

Definition: Come Hell Or High Water

Come Hell Or High Water

Adverb

1. In spite of all obstacles; "we'll go to Tibet come hell or high water".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Come Hell Or High Water

Synonyms: no matter what happens (adv), whatever may come (adv). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Come Hell Or High Water

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Deep Purple: Come Hell or High Water (1994)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Come Hell Or High Water

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

come hell or high water

4
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Modern Translation: Come Hell Or High Water

Language Translations for "come hell or high water"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

jöjjön aminek jönnie kell. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

omecay ellhay oray ighhay aterway

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Bibliography


  

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