By hook or by crook Idiom is an expression used in English that means “by any means necessary,” implying that any means should be used to achieve a goal. When someone promises to do something by any means necessary, they mean it, even if it requires a lot of work or dishonest methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to legend, it was common practise among wealthy landowners in mediaeval England to permit labourers and peasants to collect firewood from their woodlands. They could only collect wood which they could access with a hook (a reaper’s bill hook) or a shepherd’s crook, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Given below are a few examples of the idiom:<\/p>\n\n\n\n