English Explanatory Dictionary

do or die

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To act with sufficient urgency to result in either immediate success or immediate failure.
adj
  1. Requiring a determined or desperate effort to avoid the consequences of failure.

Pronunciation

en-au-do-or-die.ogg

Word forms

do or die does or dies doing or dying did or died done or died do-or-die either do or die

Etymology

An ultimatory verbal phrase composed of the words: do, or, and die.

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