Definition of "or else" []

• Otherwise or as an alternative (phrase)
• No matter what (implies an unspecified threat) (phrase)

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• "We called a meeting and Stu Spencer and Bill Roberts, who were managing the campaign, said that Brown was making so much headway with this that we had to defuse it or else lose the election."
• "All Phantasians will have to get off the planet, or else willingly live in a cosmic garbage dump."
• "The half who do not perceive that they have little use for a computer, or else they use a computer at work or in a cybercafé."