or other
or other
Or another possible alternative. Used after words or phrases beginning with "some." Eh, don't worry about it. Some person or other will come around and clean it up later. Oh, they were talking about something or other—I couldn't quite hear them. A: "Where are my keys?" B: "There here somewhere or other—you had them coming in last night."
See also: other
something or other
An indeterminate thing; something. Oh, they were talking about something or other, I couldn't quite hear them.
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something or other
something unspecified; one thing or another. I can't remember what Ann said—something or other. A messenger came by and dropped off something or other at the front desk.
See also: other
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
or other
One besides the one mentioned. This phrase is used to emphasize indefinite words beginning with some, such as someone, somehow, sometime, somewhere. For example, Someone or other will be taking tickets at the door, or I can't remember where I put the lawn rake, but it's somewhere or other in the garage, or Somehow or other be found one that matched. [c. 1600]
See also: other
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