one way or another
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Also, one way or the other. Somehow, in some fashion, as in One way or another I'm sure we'll meet again, or He wasn't sure how to go about building a wall, but he was sure he would manage in one way or the other. [Mid-1500s]
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IS and ARE are both forms of which verb?
Words nearby one way or another
one-two, one up, one-upmanship, one-way, one-way mirror, one way or another, one-way ticket, one-woman, one-worlder, on faith, take it, on file
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