do-or-die
adjective
ˈdü-ər-ˈdī 
-ȯr-
1
: doggedly determined to reach one's objective : indomitable
2
: presenting as the only alternatives complete success or complete ruin
a do-or-die situation
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Examples of do-or-die in a Sentence
a do-or-die entrepreneur who never stopped believing that hard work would inevitably lead to success
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In a do-or-die plea for aid, the owners created a GoFundMe page that, to their surprise, met its goal within 24 hours.
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Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 11 July 2024
At the 1937 Davis Cup in Wimbledon, Von Cramm faced down American star Don Budge in a (literal) do-or-die match.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 July 2024
What actually goes through one’s mind in those do-or-die moments where the difference between eternal glory and lifelong disappointment is one tiny miscalculation or half-second’s hesitation?
—Andrew Barker, Variety, 19 June 2024
Edwards was moving instead of being set, but the infraction appeared to have no real effect on the play, nothing blatant, and this time the chance for one of the game’s great players to take a do-or-die shot was taken away.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Apr. 2024
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Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 11 July 2024
At the 1937 Davis Cup in Wimbledon, Von Cramm faced down American star Don Budge in a (literal) do-or-die match.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 July 2024
What actually goes through one’s mind in those do-or-die moments where the difference between eternal glory and lifelong disappointment is one tiny miscalculation or half-second’s hesitation?
—Andrew Barker, Variety, 19 June 2024
Edwards was moving instead of being set, but the infraction appeared to have no real effect on the play, nothing blatant, and this time the chance for one of the game’s great players to take a do-or-die shot was taken away.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Do-or-die.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do-or-die. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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