no matter what happens

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   in spite of all obstacles

   “we'll go to Tibet come hell or high water”

   Synonymscome hell or high waterwhatever may come

Questions about no matter what happens

What does no matter what happens mean?

no matter what happens means "in spite of all obstacles".

What is another word for no matter what happens?

Close synonyms include come hell or high water, whatever may come. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is no matter what happens a common word?

no matter what happens is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.