go either way

idiom

—used to say that either of two possible results is likely to occur and that neither is more likely than the other

I don't know who's going to win. The game could go either way.

Examples of go either way in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As the moon and Mercury align, this gamble could go either way. —USA TODAY, 5 June 2024

However, Trump still has a 47-in-100 chance, so this election could still very much go either way. —G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 11 June 2024

May 29, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. | UPDATED: May 29, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. Listen to this article With a tight race that could go either way, President Joe Biden will be in Greenwich next week for a big-dollar fundraiser to fill his campaign coffers. —Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2024

Relevant reality skills: Her showings on The Challenge have been wildly inconsistent, either lasting until the finals or getting eliminated early, so things could go either way for her. —Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2024

These hacks could go either way—extremely useful or woefully disappointing. —Melanie Curry, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024

In the run-up to semi-finals her vocals have proven, to put it kindly, a bit uneven, so this could go either way. —Glen Weldon, NPR, 9 May 2024

The House currently has a slim GOP majority, and nonpartisan election analysts say control could go either way in 2025. —Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 8 May 2024

Who holds House power in 2025 could go either way, analysts say. —Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2024