one way or another
Regardless of method
One way or another means by some method, regardless of which—the outcome will happen even if the exact path remains uncertain.
The phrase emphasizes determination or inevitability: One way or another, we're going to finish this project.
It can also suggest indifference to method: The truth will come out one way or another.
- somehowIn an unspecified manner
- by hook or by crookUsing whatever method works
- by any meansThrough any available method
- inevitablySure to happen
- anywiseIn any way
whatever it takes · eventually · resolve · persistence · workaround · resourcefulness · tenacity · indefiniteness · no matter what · at any cost · ultimately · adaptability · come hell or high water · hell or high water · through thick and thin · against all odds · resilience · find a way
- indifferenceapathy, indifference, unconcern, disinterest, nonchalance
one way or anothernever
At no point
not at all · under no circumstances · by no means · no way · doubtfully
one way or anothergiving up
Choosing to stop trying
throwing in the towel · letting it go · surrendering · quitting · half-heartedly