Do-or-die (Adjective)
Meaning
Desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-or-die conflict".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The protesters adopted a do-or-die attitude, refusing to back down despite the authorities' efforts to disperse them.
- In the final game of the championship series, the underdog team had a do-or-die mentality that pushed them to win.
- The small startup had a do-or-die mission to meet their investors' deadline for a viable product prototype.
- With only hours to spare, the surgeons launched into a do-or-die effort to repair the patient's damaged organs.
- In a last-ditch bid for independence, the rebel group adopted a do-or-die stance, prepared to fight to the death against the oppressive regime.