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one way or the other (or one way and another)1Used to indicate that something is the case for any of various unspecified reasons: one way or another she brought it on herself...- We spend lots of time and money and psychic energy on picking our presidents, with millions of people in one way or the other involved.
- Hey Congress: it seems 99% of you are breaking the law, one way or the other.
- This is the second boat we have lost one way or another.
1.1By some means: he wants to get rid of me one way or another...- We must therefore, ensure that avenues are created - reservations if necessary - so as to absorb them one way or the other.
- ‘We should do everything we can to get this resolved and find a way to have him removed from office, one way or the other,’ he said.
- But one way or another, the American College of Physicians argues in this new paper, we have to cover everybody.
1.2Whichever of two given alternatives is the case: the question is not yet decided, one way or the other...- We are going to continue as long as possible until it's decided one way or the other.
- I mean, there's nothing to prove yet one way or the other.
- But health hazards may be the most significant reason for objections, since, despite what the Government is telling us, the case is not yet proven one way or the other.
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