Either dead or alive. / Used to indicate someone is being sought for some kind of punishment or reprimand, and that (s)he may be killed in the process of finding, as if this was reasonable punishment.

(idiomatic) Regardless of the hardships.

(colloquial) To accept a situation whether one agrees with it or not.

(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) Logic; common sense.

(chiefly US, idiomatic) An expression suggesting an ultimatum which indicates the listener(s) will either conform to the desires or teachings of the speaker or else be excluded.

(no longer productive) From the outset; original; out; out of; without.

(idiomatic) To desist from saying something unless one is able to prove it; to act in a manner that makes further talk unnecessary.

(idiomatic) Or something else; allows for the existence of an unexpressed alternative to what was said.

(idiomatic) Regardless of what the circumstances are, and how the weather is.

Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed.