somehow



bode somehow for someone or something

to foretell or portend fortune or misfortune for someone or something. (Typically with ill or well.) Things do not bode well for the stock market. Things do not bode well for your future at this job.
See also: bode, somehow

carry on somehow

to manage to continue or endure, in spite of problems. Even though we did not have a lot of money, we managed to carry on somehow. Don't worry about us. We will carry on somehow.
See also: carry, on, somehow

do somehow by someone

to treat someone in a particular manner. (Do not confuse this with a passive construction. The someone is not the actor but the object.) Tom did all right by Ann when he brought her red roses. I did badly by Tom. I fired him without good reason.
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do somehow for someone

to benefit or harm someone in some degree. This jacket does fine for me. I don't need a different one. This meal does okay for me. I'm satisfied.
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feel somehow about someone or something

to have ideas, opinions, or reactions regarding someone or something. I feel good about him. Do you feel good about how you did on the test? How do you feel about Sally?
See also: feel, somehow

land up somehow or somewhere

to finish somehow or somewhere; to come to be in a certain state or place at the end. We set out for Denver but landed up in Salt Lake City. He's so extravagant that he landed up in debt.
See also: land, somehow, somewhere, up

land up somehow or somewhere

to finish somehow or somewhere; to come to be in a certain state or place at the end. We set out for Denver but landed up in Salt Lake City. He's so extravagant that he landed up in debt.
See also: land, somehow, somewhere, up

somehow or other

in a way you do not know This girl at my school has somehow or other fallen in love with me.
Related vocabulary: something or other
See also: other, somehow

somehow

see under or other.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Drusa-Ancient Roman
Leofric-Anglo-Saxon
MontyMAHN-teeEnglish
GodfriedKHAWT-freetDutch
Yilmazyil-MAHZTurkish
Petter-Swedish, Norwegian