go through hell and high water

[go through hell and high water] {v. phr.}, {informal} To go through danger, or trouble.

* /John is ready to go through hell and high water to help his chum./

* /The soldiers went through hell and high water to capture the fort./

Compare: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, THROUGH THE MILL.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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