one way or the other

A form of one way or another — By any means possible.

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Meanings

adverbone way or the other (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of one way or another.

    Donald Trump’s fixation with acquiring Greenland “one way or the other” , as he told Congress to laughs last week, means the US – and as a result, the world – is watching Greenland’s election like never before.

    2025 March 8, Miranda Bryant, “‘It’s very unpredictable’: divided Greenland prepares to vote amid Trump-inspired existential crisis”, in The Observer, →ISSN
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APA

one way or the other. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one%20way%20or%20the%20other

MLA

“one way or the other.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one%20way%20or%20the%20other. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “one way or the other,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one%20way%20or%20the%20other.

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