sooner or later

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   at some time in the future, even if you are not sure exactly when

In the movies · 47

• Sooner or later, someone will have to fight them.The Matrix1999
• They'll show up here, sooner or later.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969
• Sooner or later, everything turns to shit.Husbands and Wives1992
• Sooner or later...12 Years a Slave2013
• sooner or later.The Whole Nine Yards2000
• Well, sooner or later, everybody does.Fractured2019
• ...so, sooner or later... you know...Me and Earl and the Dying Girl2015
• He'll talk. Sooner or later.The Green Mile1999

Learn it in full scenes

• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969
  • Sundance Accused of Cheating at Cards
  • Harvey Challenges Butch's Leadership
  • The Posse Rides Out
• Husbands and Wives1992
  • Jack and Sally Announce a Split
  • Gabe and Judy's Late-Night Talk
  • Sally Calls Jack During a Date

From the same entry

• no sooner said than done
• no sooner… than
• the sooner the better
• sooner rather than later
• I, would sooner do
• anytime soon
• I, would just as soon do
• least said soonest mended

More idioms

• on board
• out loud
• in order to do
• in the long run
• ahead of time
• have had enough
• face to face
• all over the place
• in no time
• at stake
• go with the flow
• know better