a humorous reference to a phrase used in marriage ceremonies: "To have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part." Do or die is a phrase meaning "make a supreme effort" and doth is an archaic term meaning "do." —State of ManCongress Approved Gls (14.5.92)