one way or another

idiom

: by some method
He vowed that he would succeed (in) one way or another.

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But nobody goes into business to lose money, and companies will eventually pass on price increases one way or another. Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025 Ultimately, what daily life in America looks like will not be materially altered one way or another about what happens in Ukraine. ABC News, 17 Aug. 2025 The ramifications will be felt throughout all of society, one way or another. Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025 The Hunting Wives is a timeline ticking bomb, one that’ll catch up to you one way or another. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for one way or another

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