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or else
Otherwise or as an alternative .
Go now, or else you'll have to stay all night.
c. 1587–1588 , [Christopher Marlowe ], Tamburlaine the Great. [ … ] The First Part [ … ] , 2nd edition, part 1, London: [ … ] [ R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, [ … ] , published 1592 , →OCLC ; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973 , →ISBN , Act (please specify |act=I or II) , scene ii :If you wil willingly remaine with me, You ſhall haue honors, as your merits be:Or els you ſhal be forc’d with ſlauerie.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act IV, scene i] :He shall do this, or else I do recant / The pardon that I late pronounced here.
or else
( idiomatic ) No matter what (implies an unspecified threat ) .
Clean up your room, or else !
2022 June 1, Ryan Mac, “Elon Musk to Workers: Spend 40 Hours in the Office, or Else”, in The New York Times [1] , →ISSN :Elon Musk to Workers: Spend 40 Hours in the Office, or Else [title]
2024 March 9, Jacob Bernstein, “A Former Trump Aide Becomes a Liberal Favorite”, in The New York Times [2] , →ISSN :Joy Behar, who has called the MAGA movement a cult, poked her head into the room and demonstrated how invested she was in Ms. Farah Griffin’s success by offering some advice aimed squarely at me: “Be nice — or else .”
as an alternative
Arabic: بِطَرِيقَة أُخْرَى ( bi-ṭarīqa ʔuḵrā ) , وَإِلَّا ( wa-ʔillā )
Armenian: այլապես (hy) ( aylapes ) , թե չէ ( tʻe čʻē )
Azerbaijani: əks təqdirdə , yoxsa (az) , ya da (az)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 要不然 (zh) ( yàobùrán ) , 要不 (zh) ( yàobù ) , 不然 (zh) ( bùrán ) , 否則 / 否则 (zh) ( fǒuzé )
Danish: ellers
Estonian: või muidu (et) , vastasel juhul
Finnish: tai muuten , muutoin (fi)
French: sinon (fr)
Georgian: თუარადა ( tuarada ) , თორემ ( torem )
German: sonst (de) , anders (de) , andernfalls (de)
Greek: ειδάλλως (el) ( eidállos )
Ancient: εἰ δὲ μή γε ( ei dè mḗ ge )
Hebrew: אוֹ שֶׁ ( o she ) , וָלֹא ( való ) , אַחֶרֶת ( aẖéret )
Hindi: वरना (hi) ( varnā )
Hungarian: vagy pedig , máskülönben (hu) , különben (hu) , ellenkező esetben
Icelandic: annars (is) , ella (is)
Ingrian: muites , too
Italian: altrimenti (it) , se no (it)
Japanese: そうでなければ ( sō de wa nakereba ) , 或いは (ja) ( あるいは, arui wa ) , もしくは (ja) ( moshiku wa ) , さもないと ( samonai to )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دەنا ( dena )
Latin: aliōquī
Lithuanian: arba (lt) , nes kitaip
Norwegian: ellers (no) , hvis ikke
Persian: وگرنه (fa) ( vagarna )
Polish: bo inaczej , bo (pl) , inaczej (pl)
Portuguese: senão (pt) , caso contrário
Romanian: că (ro) ( colloquial ) , că de nu , (sau ) altfel
Russian: ина́че (ru) ( ináče ) , и́наче (ru) ( ínače ) , а то (ru) ( a to ) , а не то́ (ru) ( a ne tó ) ( also a threat ) , в проти́вном слу́чае (ru) ( v protívnom slúčaje )
Spanish: de lo contrario
Swedish: annars (sv) , annars så
Tibetan: དེ་མིན ( de min ) , ཡང་ན ( yang na )
Urdu: ورنہ (ur) ( varnā ) , وگرنہ ( vagarnā )