Sekirov Dictionary

do or die

adjective 2
verb 1
forms 4

adjective2

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Requiring a determined or desperate effort to avoid the consequences of failure.
- Clinton and Dole brought different needs to the debate. For Dole it was do or die. He had to hit Clinton hard but without seeming harsh, a conundrum for him all year. — 1996
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Requiring a determined or desperate effort in order to avoid the consequences of failure.
- At that period the L.N.W.R., with its Webb compounds, was addicted to late arrivals at Carlisle and the Caledonian proceeded to make up the arrears with a "do-or-die" attitude. — 1959

verb1

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To act with sufficient urgency to result in either immediate success or immediate failure.
- Lay the proud Usurpers low! / Tyrants fall in every foe! / Liberty's in every blow! / Let us do or die! — 1793

forms

did or died · done or died · doing or dying · does or dies

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