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单词 to do or die
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to do or die
a. to do or die: to perform deeds or perish; to give one's all. Frequently expressing a determination not to compromise or be deterred. Cf. do-or-die adj.
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the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide [verb (intransitive)] > be determined not to be deterred from doing
to do or die1487
the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > do one's utmost
to do (also lay) one's mightc1175
to do, make one's wisec1290
to do (also make) one's powerc1390
to hold (also keep) foot withc1438
to do one's force?c1450
to do or die1487
to do one's endeavour(sc1500
to do the best of one's power1523
to do (also try) one's best1585
to do one's possible1792
to pull out all the stops1927
to bust (also break) one's balls1968
1487 Thewis Gud Women (St. John's Cambr.) l. 301 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 99 Than is þar nocht bot do or de.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 593 Her is no chos bot owdir do or de.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Paddock & Mouse l. 2886 in Poems (1981) 107 And quhen scho saw thair wes bot do or de.
1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 142 Than suld we outher do or die.
a1625 J. Fletcher Island Princesse ii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nnn3/2 Let's meet, and either doe, or dye.
1793 R. Burns Scots, wha Hae in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 708 Liberty's in every blow! Let us Do—or Die!
1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming iii. xxxvii. 71 To-morrow let us do or die!
1863 L. M. Alcott Hospital Sketches i. 13 The head..fermented with all manner of high thoughts and heroic purposes ‘to do or die’,—perhaps both.
1922 E. Dorrance & J. Dorrance Lonesome Town x. 97 Jane Lauderdale should notice his readiness to do or die in her service.
1995 K. Toolis Rebel Hearts (1996) iii. 171 We would be the team that would be sent in to hit a barracks, do or die.
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