one way or another

idiom

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

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Trust us, your favorite joke, your favorite line, and/or your favorite character gets an encore, one way or another. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2025 The fact is, though, that the technology problems blocking adoption are likely to be solved eventually, one way or another. Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025 But changes are coming one way or another; that much seems clear. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 July 2025 Obviously, comedy found its way to Stiller one way or another, but not on the path taken by the panel’s improvisers Amber Ruffin and Zach Cherry, or standups Iliza Schlesinger, Michael Ian Black, and Mae Martin. Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for one way or another

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“One way or another.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20way%20or%20another. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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