or else

1. Otherwise, in different circumstances, as in Present your case now, or else you won't have a chance . [c. 1300]

2. Regardless of any extenuating circumstances, no matter what, as in Be there on time or else! [Second half of 1800s]

Example Sentences

“Just don’t lose any cows or else we might have to lose a robot too.”

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He argues it can be done here “in one of two ways: either by expanding the statutory exemption to groups like Catholic Charities or else by eliminating it altogether.”

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At Paramount, staffers in New York and Los Angeles had until this week to commit to five days a week starting in January—or else take a buyout.

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The point is, this celebration of switches is a choice, an effort to stay ahead, or else lag safely behind, the growing public backlash against touchscreen-dominated car interiors.

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“What they’re saying to the court is, ‘We need to be able to violate the law and shoot these people indiscriminately or else it’s gonna be a melee.’

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