somehow or other

idiom

used when the specific details about how something is or was done are not important or have been forgotten
Somehow or other, we managed to get all of the boxes into the car.

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“Somehow or other.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/somehow%20or%20other. Accessed 2 Jun. 2023.

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