by any means necessary

idiom

: by doing whatever is needed

He vowed that he would succeed by any means necessary.

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In policy terms, this translates into selective decoupling, as Xi seeks to strengthen China’s economic strength through innovation by any means necessary and to reduce its economic vulnerability to potential Western sanctions. —

Steve Tsang, TIME, 11 May 2024 This was a wrestling match level mudslinging and takedown by any means necessary — women & children (& actual facts) be damned. —

Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024 Green wants to spread a message that’s less about faith in a patriarchal Judeo-Christian God and more about the people who come together to save their kids by any means necessary. —

Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023 Other nations have scrambled to evacuate their citizens by any means necessary as the situation has deteriorated. —

Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023 See all Example Sentences for by any means necessary

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