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for some reason or other

for some reason or other is the alternative form of for some reason.

Meaning of for some reason

Adverb

for some reason

  1. Expressing uncertainty for the cause or justification of some event or happening.
    • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

Questions about for some reason or other

What is for some reason or other the alternative form of?
For some reason or other is the alternative form of for some reason.

Words near for some reason or other in the dictionary

  1. for shizzle
  2. for short
  3. for show
  4. for so long a time
  5. for some reason
  6. for some reason or other
  7. for some time
  8. for someone
  9. for sour apples
  10. for sport
  11. for starters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: for some reason or other (page history and authors); for some reason (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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