In other words, there'll be consequences, all bad and dire.
Ah well, not to paint too grim a picture, let's read a few media examples of the expression "or else" as a warning, with consequences specified sometimes, sometimes not:
1. Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s bold decision Monday to fire Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson for lying represents two accomplishments in one: The mayor punished Johnson for unethical behavior, and she set an expectation that all officers of the Chicago Police Department will be held to high standards of integrity — or else.
Lightfoot said she terminated Johnson’s employment because the superintendent repeatedly lied to her about the late-night incident in which he was found asleep at the wheel of his vehicle after having dinner and “a couple of drinks.” Johnson, discovered by patrol officers, blamed medication for his predicament and managed to be permitted to drive himself home without submitting to a field sobriety test. Suspicious, that was.
The mayor stood by Johnson while awaiting the results of a city inspector general report, and it’s the findings of the ongoing investigation that got Johnson fired. “It has become clear that Mr. Johnson was intentionally dishonest with me and communicated a narrative replete with false statements regarding material aspects of the incident that happened in the early morning hours of Oct. 17,” Lightfoot said. “Had I known all the facts at the time, I would have relieved him of his duties as superintendent then and there.”
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