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Meaning of by fair means or foul | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

By any means necessary, not excluding dirty tricks.

Examples

“[Utterson] resumed; "if not by fair means, then by foul—if not of your consent, then by brute force!"”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

by far by far and away by foot by God by half by halves