someone something or other

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• something or other — someone/something/somewhere/etc or other phrase used when you are not saying exactly which person thing place etc you mean He’s always complaining about something or other. We all make mistakes at some time or other. Thesaurus: determiners …   Useful english dictionary

• fit someone/something out — (or up) provide with the necessary equipment, supplies, clothes, or other items for a particular situation the cabin had been fitted out to a high standard …   Useful english dictionary

• someone or other — someone/something/somewhere/etc or other phrase used when you are not saying exactly which person thing place etc you mean He’s always complaining about something or other. We all make mistakes at some time or other. Thesaurus: determiners …   Useful english dictionary

• someone's partner in crime — someone’s partner in crime often humorous phrase someone who you do something with, especially something that other people do not approve of Thesaurus: friends and acquaintancessynonym Main entry: partner …   Useful english dictionary

• give someone/something the nod — 1) select or approve someone or something they banned one book but gave the other the nod 2) give someone a signal …   Useful english dictionary

• something — some|thing [ sʌmθıŋ ] pronoun *** 1. ) used for referring to a thing, idea, fact, etc. when you do not know or say exactly what it is: I could smell something burning. Carl said something about an operation. Whenever she sees something that she… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• other — oth|er [ ʌðər ] function word *** Other can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by a plural noun): He doesn t like other people interfering. (after the or a possessive word and followed by a singular or plural noun): the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• other*/*/*/ — [ˈʌðə] grammar word summary: Other can be: ■ a determiner: He doesn t like other people interfering. ■ an adjective: She invited all her other friends. ■ a pronoun: He swerved from one side of the road to the other. ♦ Some systems are better than …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• other — determiner, adjective, pronoun 1 used when there are two people, things etc to mean the one that is not being used, the one that you do not already have etc: the other: She was driving the car with one hand and wiping the window with the other. | …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• something*/*/*/ — [ˈsʌmθɪŋ] pronoun 1) used for referring to a thing, idea, fact etc when you do not know or do not say exactly what it is I need to buy something for Ted s birthday.[/ex] Would you like something to drink?[/ex] Be quiet – I have something… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• other — [[t]ʌ̱ðə(r)[/t]] ♦ others (When other follows the determiner an, it is written as one word: see another.) 1) ADJ: det ADJ, ADJ n You use other to refer to an additional thing or person of the same type as one that has been mentioned or is known… …   English dictionary