sooner or later
sooner or later
Eventually at some point in the future, whether soon or at a later point in time. They're going to find out sooner or later, so you might as well tell them now. Sooner or later we'll need to start investing in the city's outdated infrastructure.
See also: later, sooner
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
sooner or later
eventually; in the short term or in the long term. He'll have to pay the bill sooner or later. she'll get what she deserves sooner or later.
See also: later, sooner
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
sooner or later
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.
See also: later, sooner
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
ˌsooner or ˈlater
at some time in the future, even if you are not sure exactly when: The police will find him sooner or later.See also: later, sooner
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
sooner or later
At some time; eventually: Sooner or later you will have to face the facts.
See also: later, sooner
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
sooner or later
At some future time or other; eventually. This expression dates from the sixteenth century and has long been a cliché. Joseph Addison used it in The Spectator in 1712: “The dying Man is one whom, sooner or later, we shall certainly resemble.”
See also: later, sooner
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- later
- continue
- Could we continue this later?
- Can we continue this later?
- sooner rather than later
- skip it
- Skip it!
- catch (one) later
- Catch me later
- catch you later