one way or another

phrase

: by some method

He vowed that he would succeed (in) one way or another.

Examples of one way or another in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Everyone agreed, furthermore, that Social Security in its current state will be phased out one way or another. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

But generally, there is a sense that the fighting will soon be resolved, one way or another. — Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2026

And then there’s the matter of finding someone who knows enough about AI to talk about it knowledgeably, but who also doesn’t have any incentive to frame it one way or another. — Brittany Trang, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for one way or another

• brother
• mother
• nother
• other
• smother
• souther
• godmother
• grandmother
• stepbrother
• stepmother