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  1. hell or high waternoun

    Highly adverse circumstances; acts of God.

  2. hell or high wateradverb

    No matter what the adverse circumstances.

  3. hell or high waterinterjection

    No matter what the adverse circumstances.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hell or high water in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hell or high water in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of hell or high water in a Sentence

  1. Joe Biden:

    So gas is up and food is up, which we're going to get down come hell or high water, inflation -- it's sapping the strength of a lot of families.

  2. Paul Walton:

    We're going to complete No Regrets Tour, we have 24 more governors to go and we're going to do it, as they say,' Come hell or high water.'.

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