by fair means or foul

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by fair means or foul

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By any means necessary, not excluding dirty tricks. [Utterson] resumed; "if not by fair means, then by foul—if not of your consent, then by brute force!"
Similar: by hook or by crook

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"by fair means or foul." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/by%20fair%20means%20or%20foul. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{by_fair_means_or_foul_2026,
  title = {by fair means or foul},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/by%20fair%20means%20or%20foul},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}