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something else

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some·thing   (sŭm'thĭng)   
pron.  
  1. An undetermined or unspecified thing: "We're all recalling something, furtively seeking something" (Virginia Woolf).

  2. An unspecified or undetermined amount or extent: We know something about the early settlers in this area.

  3. One having some or many of the same attributes, character, or essence as another: Trying to fix the computer myself was something of a mistake.

n.  
  1. A remarkable or important thing or person: He thinks he is something in that uniform.

  2. One who falls into a specified age range. Often used in combination: fortysomethings who attended their class reunion.

adj.  Of, relating to, or being a member of a specified age range. Often used in combination: "the lives and loves of hip, twentysomething city dwellers" (Joseph P. Kahn).
adv.  
  1. A little; somewhat: She looks something like her mother.

  2. Informal To an extreme degree: He drinks something fierce.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Idioms & Phrases

something else

A person, thing, or event that is quite remarkable, as in That pitcher is something else, or Her new film is something else. The else in this idiom means "other than ordinary." [Colloquial; early 1990s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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