sooner or later

Idioms & Phrases

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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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