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some something or the other

some something or the other 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 the other

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

Words near some something or the other in the dictionary

  1. some pumpkins
  2. some rights reserved
  3. some small matter
  4. some something or another
  5. some something or other
  6. some something or the other
  7. some such
  8. some time
  9. some time yet
  10. some white man's grave
  11. some white men's graves

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Adapted from Wiktionary: some something or the other (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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