do-or-die

Thân thiện

A climber makes a do-or-die attempt to reach the summit.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Desperately determined; involving a final, decisive effort: Describes a situation, attitude, or action where failure is not an option and the outcome is critical for survival or success. It implies a state of ultimate commitment and resolve.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The team adopted a do-or-die attitude for the final match.
  • This is a do-or-die mission; we cannot afford to fail.
  • The negotiations have reached a do-or-die phase.

Advanced Usage

• Used attributively: Almost always used directly before a noun to modify it.
  • a do-or-die attempt, a do-or-die struggle, a do-or-die mentality.

Variants and Related Words

• Do or die (phrase): The original phrase from which the adjective is derived, meaning one must succeed or face utter failure or ruin.
  • It was do or die; they had to win the battle.

Synonyms

• All-out: Using all available resources or energy.
• Desperate: Reckless from despair or a sense of urgency.
• Last-ditch: Done as a final recourse to avoid disaster.

Related Idioms

• "Do or die": The core idiom meaning to succeed or be destroyed in the attempt; to put forth a final, supreme effort.
  • For the small company, getting this contract was do or die.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. desperately determined
   • do-or-die revolutionaries
   • a do-or-die conflict

Từ đồng nghĩa

• desperate
• do-or-die