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and/or
A conjunction indicating an option or possibility of both things listed ("and") or either thing listed ("or"). Come on, we need to celebrate a little bit! Can't we at least have cake and/or ice cream in honor of your birthday? It sounds like Stu is coming late and/or not at all—one of his kids got sick or something. Can you please get the kids out of the house? Take them roller skating and/or biking, something—just get them out of my hair!
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and/or
Both or either of two options. For example, His use of copyrighted material shows that the writer is careless and/or dishonest. This idiom originated in legal terminology of the mid-1800s.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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