some something or other
some something or other noun: an unspecified or indeterminate instance of the “something”.
Noun
some something or other (uncountable)
- An unspecified or indeterminate instance of the “something”.
- For some reason or other he declined to answer the question.
- Everyone recognized its importance in some way or other.
Forms of some something or other
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Origin of some something or other
From some + something or other.
Questions about some something or other
- What does some something or other mean?
- Some something or other means an unspecified or indeterminate instance of the “something”.
- What part of speech is some something or other?
- Some something or other is a noun.
Words near some something or other in the dictionary
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