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Definition of one or the other
: one of two persons or things but not the other One or the other of us will have to go.
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otherplay
: being the one (as of two or more) remaining or not included
: being the one or ones distinct from that or those first mentioned or implied
: second
: one that remains of two or more
: a thing opposite to or excluded by something else
: a different or additional one
: one of two that remains
: each preceding one
: a different or additional one
: otherwise
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