English Explanatory Dictionary

neck or nothing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. at all costs.

Word forms

neck or nothing

Etymology

Originally a steeplechase phrase; to win by a neck or to be nowhere—i.e. not counted at all because unworthy of notice.

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