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this, that, or the other

det. (alternative form of this, that, and the other English) n. (alternative form of this, that, and the other English)

Usage examples of "this, that, or the other".

She'd been burned too many times by people professing to be this, that, or the other.

He had time to imagine the life he might have lived if he'd done this, that, or the other thing instead of what he actually had done.

So Maynard went right to Banner and from that time on Banner has been moving into the legal end of the business, pushing himself in in every way possible, telling Hastings that he mustn't do this, that, or the other without consulting an attorney, that he could get in serious difficulties if he acted without legal advice.

General Guildenstern had been splendid at proposing this, that, or the other scheme to get Rising Rock out of its fix.

Who knows how long people have been mumbling this, that, or the other thing?

Wish I could remember the name of the doc who invented it) 'is due to this, that, or the other thing.

He was a widower when he came, and a widower he remained, despite the fact that gossip regularly married him to this, that, or the other one, every year of his sojourn.