some something or other

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 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.
    Everyone recognized its importance in some way or other.
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