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one way or another en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, not-comparable) By any means possible.
    • One way or another, I'm going to find ya / I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya 1978, Debbie Harry, Nigel Harrison, “One Way or Another”, in Parallel Lines, performed by Blondie:
  2. (colloquial, not-comparable) In a way that is not stated or known; somehow.

Forms

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one way or other alternative lexicographic
one way or the other alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

by hook or by crook · somehow or other

Translations (35)

aeb هَكَّة وِالَا هَكَّة (by any means possible) · fi tavalla tai toisella (by any means possible) · es de un modo u otro (by any means possible) · bg по един или друг начин (by any means possible) · nl linksom of rechtsom (by any means possible) · de so oder so (by any means possible) · it in un modo o nell'altro (by any means possible) · fr d'une manière ou d'une autre (by any means possible) · sv på ett eller ett annat sätt (by any means possible) · cmn 不知何故 (in a way that is not stated or known) · ar بِطَرِيقَةٍ أَو بِأُخرَى (by any means possible) · ca sigui com vulgui (by any means possible) · cmn 不知怎樣 /不知怎样 (in a way that is not stated or known) · sv på ett eller annat sätt (by any means possible) · ro într-un fel sau altul (by any means possible) · ru так и́ли ина́че (by any means possible) · el ούτως ή άλλως (by any means possible) · sv på ett sätt eller ett annat (by any means possible) · es por h o por b (by any means possible) · uk так чи іна́кше (by any means possible) · de auf die eine oder andere Art (by any means possible) · cmn 不顧一切 /不顾一切 (by any means possible) · cmn 不管怎樣 /不管怎样 (by any means possible) · fi tavalla tai toisella (in a way that is not stated or known) · ca de tronc o de bronc (by any means possible) · pl tak czy inaczej (by any means possible) · gd mar siud no mar seo (by any means possible) · gl dun xeito ou outro (by any means possible) · tr öyle ya da böyle (by any means possible) · el έτσι κι αλλιώς (by any means possible) · cmn 以某種方式 /以某种方式 (in a way that is not stated or known) · fr d'une façon ou d'une autre (by any means possible) · bg така или иначе (by any means possible) · gd a dh'olc no a dh'èiginn (by any means possible) · cmn 無論如何 /无论如何 (by any means possible)