come hell or high water

come hell or high water
come hell or high water
Fig. no matter what happens. (Use

hell

with caution.) •

I'll be there tomorrow, come hell or high water.

Come hell or high water, I intend to own my own home.

* * *
{adv. phr.}, {informal} No matter what happens; whatever may come. * /Grandfather said he would go to the fair, come hell or high water./ Compare: COME WHAT MAY, THROUGH THE MILL.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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