at one time or another
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On various separate occasions. For example, At one time or another I've considered replacing the furnace, but so far I haven't done so. [Early 1600s]
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Words nearby at one time or another
at one's leisure, at one stroke, at one's wit's end, at one's word, at one time, at one time or another, atonic, atonic bladder, atonicity, atony, atop
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