one way or another

• one way or other, one way or the other

one way or another (not comparable) (colloquial)

1. By any means possible.

   Synonym: by hook or by crook

   • 1978, Debbie Harry, Nigel Harrison, “One Way or Another”, in Parallel Lines, performed by Blondie:

     One way or another, I'm going to find ya / I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya

2. In a way that is not stated or known; somehow.

   Synonym: somehow or other

• “one way or another”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.