or else
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› or: We’d better be there by eight or else we’ll miss the beginning. or else › When or else is spoken at the end of a demand, it can also be a mild threat: You’d better remember to bring the baby bottles this time, or else!
(Definition of or else from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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