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

“It’s fine, and save some rent and stuff but sooner or later you got to move out and do your own thing.”

From Los Angeles Times

I’ve been saying it for a while now, but Tottenham are going to give someone an absolute hiding sooner or later.

From BBC

Without the rule of law and checks on his power, the pain will, sooner or later, be felt in our wallets.

From Slate

When I started writing this series on Reddit’s subcultures a few months ago, I knew that sooner or later I’d have to take on one of the internet’s angriest, most irrational, and overzealous fandoms: The people still waiting to make millions investing in GameStop.

From Slate

Finneas remembers telling the TSA story to singer John Mayer, who tried to assure him that he and Eilish were “fresh out of the furnace” and that the situation would cool down sooner or later.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• eventually
• someday
• sometime