"either do or die" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "An ultimatory verbal phrase composed of the words: either, do, or, and die.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "either does or dies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "either doing or dying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "either did or died",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "either done or died",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "do or die",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "either do<does,,did,done> or die<>"
      },
      "expansion": "either do or die (third-person singular simple present either does or dies, present participle either doing or dying, simple past either did or died, past participle either done or died)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1621 (first literary attestation), John Fletcher, The Island Princess act 2.scene 2",
          "text": "Emanuel: Bless us, dear Fortune! / Armusia: Let us be worthy of it in our courage, and Fortune must befriend us. Come, all sever; but keep still within sight: when the flame rises let's meet, and either do or die."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To act with sufficient urgency to result in either immediate success or immediate failure."
      ],
      "id": "en-either_do_or_die-en-verb-l3HQ8uvv",
      "links": [
        [
          "sufficient",
          "sufficient"
        ],
        [
          "urgency",
          "urgency"
        ],
        [
          "immediate",
          "immediate"
        ],
        [
          "success",
          "success"
        ],
        [
          "failure",
          "failure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To act with sufficient urgency to result in either immediate success or immediate failure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "either do or die"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "An ultimatory verbal phrase composed of the words: either, do, or, and die.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "either does or dies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "either doing or dying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "either did or died",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "either done or died",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "do or die",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "either do<does,,did,done> or die<>"
      },
      "expansion": "either do or die (third-person singular simple present either does or dies, present participle either doing or dying, simple past either did or died, past participle either done or died)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1621 (first literary attestation), John Fletcher, The Island Princess act 2.scene 2",
          "text": "Emanuel: Bless us, dear Fortune! / Armusia: Let us be worthy of it in our courage, and Fortune must befriend us. Come, all sever; but keep still within sight: when the flame rises let's meet, and either do or die."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To act with sufficient urgency to result in either immediate success or immediate failure."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sufficient",
          "sufficient"
        ],
        [
          "urgency",
          "urgency"
        ],
        [
          "immediate",
          "immediate"
        ],
        [
          "success",
          "success"
        ],
        [
          "failure",
          "failure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To act with sufficient urgency to result in either immediate success or immediate failure."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "either do or die"
}