English Explanatory Dictionary

needs must when the devil drives

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. There is sometimes no choice but to do some specific thing.

Word forms

needs must when the devil drives

Etymology

Originally “needs must he go whom the devil drives”, where needs is an adverb with the sense “of necessity”.

Synonyms

needs must necessity knows no law
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