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some something or another

some something or another is the alternative form of some something or other.

Meaning of some something or other

Noun

some something or other (uncountable)

  1. An unspecified or indeterminate instance of the “something”.
    • For some reason or other he declined to answer the question.

Questions about some something or another

What is some something or another the alternative form of?
Some something or another is the alternative form of some something or other.

Words near some something or another in the dictionary

  1. some people
  2. some people have all the luck
  3. some pumpkins
  4. some rights reserved
  5. some small matter
  6. some something or another
  7. some something or other
  8. some something or the other
  9. some such
  10. some time
  11. some time yet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: some something or another (page history and authors); some something or other (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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