Usually means: Persist regardless of any obstacle.
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  1. come hell or high water: Merriam-Webster
  2. come hell or high water: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. come hell or high water: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. come hell or high water: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  8. Come Hell or High Water: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  10. come hell or high water: FreeDictionary.org
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  16. come hell or high water: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ adverb:  (slang, idiomatic, somewhat vulgar) Regardless of the hardships; no matter what difficulties may arise.

Similar:
no matter what happens, whatever may come, come what may, rain or shine, undeterrably, at all events, be it as it may, unyieldingly, always, unrelentingly, more...

Opposite:
give up, quit, surrender, abandon

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Similar:
no matter what happens, whatever may come, come what may, rain or shine, undeterrably, at all events, be it as it may, unyieldingly, always, unrelentingly, more...

Opposite:
give up, quit, surrender, abandon



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