Future time · Time and plans
sooner or later
eventually
Sooner or later means that something will happen at some time in the future.
This vs that
I'll deal with it in the near future.
I'll deal with it sooner or later.
Hear it in real life
Do you think the old car will need replacing?
Sooner or later, definitely.
Sooner or later, you'll have to tell him what really happened.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
This idiomatic phrase sounds natural when the timing is uncertain but the result seems inevitable.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Sooner or later I will eventually have to decide.
Say: Sooner or later I will have to decide.
Sooner or later already means eventually, so avoid repeating the meaning.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
sooner or later, clause; do something sooner or later
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about future time.
what the future holds
Nobody knows what the future holds.
in the years ahead
We hope to expand in the years ahead.
Future time words
Time and plans · Future time: the words around “sooner or later”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
Sooner or later, it'll happen.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
sooner or later
eventually
“Sooner or later, you'll have to tell him what really happened.”
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