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sooner or later
Idioms and Phrases
Eventually, at some unspecified future time, as in Sooner or later we'll have to answer that letter , or It's bound to stop raining sooner or later . This term, which generally implies that some future event is certain to happen, was first recorded in 1577.Example Sentences
"We won't give in... I can assure you that sooner or later, sooner or later, we will win," he said.
Those billy clubs striking my body strengthened my mind and convinced me that, sooner or later, we could indeed overcome segregation and Jim Crow.
"If we want results for the French people, sooner or later we'll have to have a frank, level-headed and challenging dialogue," he said.
There's a widespread belief that, sooner or later, the war will begin again.
Despite the full-blown argument, there may still be a minerals deal sooner or later.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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