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adv
No matter what, absolutely, even if one dies trying; emphasizes urgency, necessity or commitment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Manglish, Singlish, not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Reduplication of die and a calque of Malay mati-matian (“desperately; with all one's might”), itself a reduplication of mati (“to die”).
