one way or another

Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

They also performed a football-themed jive to One Way Or Another by Blondie, earning them a standing ovation - and their second perfect score of the night.

From BBC

Life is not only the experiences we undergo, but the actions we undertake, actions that are based on choices we are free to decide one way or another: to take a job or leave one, to get married or have a child, to get divorced.

From The Wall Street Journal

But I’m saying it on here because I am going to do that one way or another.

From Los Angeles Times

He wrote to the SEC's college of bishops, saying: "Anne Dyer I'm sure will always have a cloud over her unless it's decided one way or another whether she behaved properly or improperly."

From BBC

He told MPs: "The safety of our people remains the top priority for me and the ministerial team. As such, we will take whatever decisions are required to end the saga one way or another."

From BBC

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