by hook or by crook

Etymology
Origin obscure; see.

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  By any means possible; one way or another.
 * 2) * 1794 October 26, George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, in The Writings of George Washington, edited by John C. Fitzpatrick, volume 34 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1940), page 9:
 * PS. I hope you will be enabled by Hook, or by Crook, to send B and H together with a certain Mr. Guthrie, to Philadelphia for their winter Quarters.
 * PS. I hope you will be enabled by Hook, or by Crook, to send B and H together with a certain Mr. Guthrie, to Philadelphia for their winter Quarters.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Catalan: de grat o per força, de tota manera
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: koste hvad det vil, med hiv og sving
 * Finnish: puukoin ja puntarein, keinolla millä hyvänsä
 * French:, , quoi qu'il en coûte
 * Galician: por calquer xeito, como for
 * German:, , um jeden Preis,
 * Hungarian: bármi áron, bármilyen eszközzel, ha törik, ha szakad
 * Latin: unde unde
 * Persian:
 * Polish: nie przebierając w środkach
 * Portuguese: como for, por bem ou por mal
 * Russian:, не мытьём, так ка́таньем
 * Scottish Gaelic: a dh'olc no a dh'èiginn, olc no èiginn
 * Spanish: por todos los medios, de una forma u otra, de grado o por fuerza
 * Swedish: på ett eller ett annat sätt, på ett sätt eller annat, på ett eller annat sätt
 * Telugu: ఏదో విధంగా
 * Thai: ไม่ได้ด้วยเล่ห์ก็เอาด้วยกล ไม่ได้ด้วยมนต์ก็เอาด้วยคาถา
 * Ukrainian: