DO-OR-DIE: Meaning and related words - OneLook

Usually means: Final attempt with high stakes.

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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word do-or-die:

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do-or-die: Merriam-Webster
do-or-die: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
do-or-die: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
do-or-die, do-or-die: Collins English Dictionary
do-or-die: Vocabulary.com
do-or-die: Wiktionary
do-or-die: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
do-or-die: Infoplease Dictionary
do-or-die: Dictionary.com
do-or-die: FreeDictionary.org
do-or-die: Mnemonic Dictionary
do-or-die: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Similar:

desperate, resolute, life-or-death, death-defying, all-or-nothing, exigent, dire, hell-bent, hard-run, diehard, more...

Opposite:

noncritical, optional, discretionary, elective

Types:

all-or-nothing, binary, black-and-white, mutually exclusive, more...

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Similar:

desperate, resolute, life-or-death, death-defying, all-or-nothing, exigent, dire, hell-bent, hard-run, diehard, more...

Opposite:

noncritical, optional, discretionary, elective

Types:

all-or-nothing, binary, black-and-white, mutually exclusive, more...

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