Answer to "Go a little one way or the other" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LEAN which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.

Go a little one way or the other crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
LEAN	100 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Go a little one way or the other

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• wend
• trace
• part
• dig
• home
• wag
• board
• lead
• wau
• small
• sense
• walk

Crossword Answer definitions

LEAN noun

1. (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.

LEAN verb

1. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
2. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
3. Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.
4. To hang outwards.
5. To press against.

LEAN noun

1. Meat with no fat on it.
2. An organism that is lean in stature.

LEAN verb

1. To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.

LEAN adjective

1. (of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
2. (of meat) Having little fat.
3. Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
4. Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
5. Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
6. Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing"

LEAN verb

1. To conceal.

LEAN noun

1. A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.

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