one way or another

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: by some method
He vowed that he would succeed (in) one way or another.

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Facinelli plays the Boss, a ruthless figure whose cash ends up in the pool hustler’s hands, and intends to get it back, one way or another. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026 For the last 22 years, the Hometown Heroes Awards Celebration has honored community members who rose to the occasion and stepped in to save lives, or change lives, one way or another. — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Companies have plenty of incentives to make that advertising palatable to consumers, but Ireland believes ads will play a role one way or another. — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026 There’s people that are trying to do it and there’s people are very competent at it, but someone’s going to be right, someone’s going to be wrong, and there’s going to be big swings one way or another. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for one way or another

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“One way or another.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20way%20or%20another. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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