Word.ws English Dictionary

round the corner

round the corner is the alternative form of around the corner.

Meaning of around the corner

Adjective

around the corner (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Imminent; very soon.
    • He has been studying hard, but his exam is just around the corner and he's nervous.
  2. (idiomatic) Close, local, very near.
    • Hell is round the corner where I shelter / Isms and schisms, we're living helter skelter1995, “Hell Is Round The Corner”, in Maxinquaye, performed by Tricky

Questions about round the corner

What is round the corner the alternative form of?
Round the corner is the alternative form of around the corner.

Words near round the corner in the dictionary

  1. Round Swamp
  2. round table
  3. round tables
  4. round the bend
  5. round the clock
  6. round the corner
  7. round the Horn
  8. round the twist
  9. round the wicket
  10. round to
  11. round top

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: round the corner (page history and authors); around the corner (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “round the corner.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/round_the_corner. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.