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something or other en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Something unspecified or indeterminate, or whose name is forgotten or immaterial.
   • John has a something-or-other in his side but he might have to be operated on. 1965 February 26, Lou Sullivan, Diary:
   • The advert was on about something or other having to do with skin care, and looking your best, and emptying your wallet into their company's coffers, and so on.
   • Elizabeth said his name was Perry something or other, and he sang about temptation. 2005, Bill Hunt, The Last Witness from a Dirt Road:
   • Many a voter, thinking he will have another chance to vote in a runoff, will use his general election vote to protest something or other — to send a message 2000, Charles T. Canady, Proposals for Electoral College Reform:

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some something or other · such-and-such · so-and-so

Translations (8)

bn কিছু না কিছু (something unspecified or indeterminate) · ur کچھ نا کچھ (something unspecified or indeterminate) · pl coś tam (something unspecified or indeterminate) · ru то и́ли друго́е (something unspecified or indeterminate) · eo io aŭ alio (something unspecified or indeterminate) · hi कुछ न कुछ (something unspecified or indeterminate) · ja なんとかかんとか (something unspecified or indeterminate) · da et eller andet (something unspecified or indeterminate)