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"'''[[By hook or by crook]]'''" is an English phrase meaning "by any means necessary".
'''By hook or by crook''' may also refer to:
== Films ==
* [[By Hook or Crook (film)|''By Hook or Crook'' (film)]] -1918 American silent comedy film.
* ''[[I Dood It]]'' - 1943 musical comedy film known by its UK title of ''By Hook or by Crook.''
* ''[[Hook a Crook]]'' - 1955 American short film.
* [[By Hook or by Crook (1980 film)|''By Hook or by Crook'' (1980 film)]] - a Hong Kong kung fu film.
* ''Ek Aur Ek Gyarah: By Hook or by Crook'' - 2003 Hindi comedy film by Indian director [[David Dhawan]].
== TV Episodes ==
* ''By Hook or Crook'' - The 1984 10th episode of season 8 of the American romantic comedy drama ''[[The Love Boat]].''
* ''By Hook or Crook'' - The 1993 54th episode of season 9 of the British police procedural ''[[The Bill]]''
* ''By Hook or Crook'' - The 1995 18th episode of season 2 of the American coming-of-age sitcom ''[[Boy Meets World]].''
* ''.By Hook or Crook'' - The 2018 7th episode of season 9 of the American police procedural ''[[Blue Bloods (TV series)|Blue Bloods]].''
== Books ==
* American title of the 1946 novel ''[[The Spinster's Secret]]'' by Anthony Gilbert
* ''By Hook or by Crook; A Journey in Search of English -'' a 2007 book by British linguist [[David Crystal]].
== Music ==
* ''By Hook or by Crook'' - A 1988 single by American R&B singer [[Marv Johnson]].
* ''By Hook or by Crook'' - A 2010 album by English folk band [[The Bad Shepherds]].
== Board Games ==
* [[By Hook or Crook|Hoity Toity]] - a multiplayer board game known in the US as ''By Hook or by Crook''.
== See also ==
* [[By any means necessary]] - A similar phase
* [[Shepherd's crook]] - A type of stick that is part of one of the theories on where the phase originates.
* [[Pyecombe hook]] - A type of Shepherd's crook crafted in the English village of Pyecombe in Sussex.
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