one way or another

idiom

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

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There is presumably no need to go further and somehow lean one way or another. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 Conditions can change or the data may not show a clear trend one way or another. Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2024 The film cuts out before another beat that would establish Paxton’s evolution one way or another. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024 Detroit Free Press endorsements:Picks for Michigan US House, Senate and House Michigan, along with states like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina and Arizona, will tilt the election one way or another. Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024 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 2 Dec. 2024.

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