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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Words nearby one way or another

one picture is worth a thousand words, one rotten (or bad) apple spoils the barrel, one that loved not wisely but too well, one thousand guineas, one up, one way or another, one-a-cat, one-acter, one-armed bandit, one-bagger, one-base hit
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Words related to one way or another

anyway, anyhow, anywise