or else

Meaning

1. Oxford50% of films

   used to threaten or warn sb

   Or else you're history.

2. Oxford35% of films

   if not

3. Oxford15% of films

   used to introduce the second of two possibilities

In the movies · 45

• We must join forces, or else forever be their slaves.Transformers: Age of Extinction2014
• You better fix that wall, or else you're in big troub...Inside Out2015
• or else we're gonna have to, you know, to shoot you.Fargo1996
• Or else whatShark Tale2004
• Or else what, sir? Or else I shoot back.Top Gun: Maverick2022
• You better come, or else.Mysterious Skin2005
• Or else what?Scream1996
• Or else you're history.The Last Boy Scout1991

Learn it in full scenes

• Inside Out2015
  • Broccoli on the Pizza
  • Sadness Nearly Touches a Core Memory
  • Riley Introduces Herself and Cries
• Fargo1996
  • Jerry Hires Two Kidnappers
  • Jerry Haggles With the Kidnappers
  • Jerry Sells the TruCoat
• The Last Boy Scout1991
  • Joe Comes Home After Midnight
  • Joe Catches Mike in the Closet
  • Joe and Sarah's Bitter Fight

More idioms

• every other
• as usual
• no chance
• back and forth
• quite a lot
• for sale
• nothing but
• to begin with
• bless you
• make fun of
• thanks to
• later on