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something else

Idioms  
  1. A person, thing, or event that is quite remarkable, as in That pitcher is something else, or Her new film is something else. The else in this idiom means “other than ordinary.” [Colloquial; early 1990s]


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Little wonder perhaps that by that point, almost irrespective of someone's views on the topic, there was an appetite to talk about something else.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Here, Moore shows reverence not only for her own craft, but for all the hopeful idealists who pine to know what it feels like to lose yourself in someone, or something, else.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

I also sense that if you give $12,000 to one for property taxes, the other one will want thousands of dollars for something else.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

I think it must be so important, so very important, because states have gone all out to try to maintain an execution method that looks like something else.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

And Sam thought of something else good about worms.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

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