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turn the corner

turn the corner verb: to pass the most critical point of some process; to pass out of danger.

Verb

turn the corner (third-person singular simple present turns the corner, present participle turning the corner, simple past and past participle turned the corner)

  1. (idiomatic) To pass the most critical point of some process; to pass out of danger.
    • POSITIVE signs are starting to emerge in China but economists warn it's too early to tell whether Australia's biggest trading partner is turning the corner.2009 February 9, “Hope as China's appetite returns”, in Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia
  2. In the game of cribbage, to reach the point at which one is safe from being lurched.

turn the corner meaning in Bengali and Kannada

turn the corner in Bengali

বিপদ থেকে মুক্ত হওয়া

turn the corner in Kannada

ಸಂಧಿಕಾಲ ದಾಟು, ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಉತ್ತಮವಾಗು, ಕಷ್ಟಕಾಲವನ್ನು ಕಳೆ, ರೋಗದಿಂದ ಎಚ್ಚೆತ್ತುಕೊ

Forms of turn the corner

third-person singular presentturns the corner
present participleturning the corner
past participleturned the corner
pastturned the corner
alternative formturn a corner

Questions about turn the corner

What does turn the corner mean?
Turn the corner means to pass the most critical point of some process; to pass out of danger.
What is turn the corner in Bengali?
Turn the corner in Bengali is বিপদ থেকে মুক্ত হওয়া. See Turn the corner meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is turn the corner?
Turn the corner is a verb.
What is the past tense of turn the corner?
The past tense of turn the corner is turned the corner.

Words near turn the corner in the dictionary

  1. turn the boat
  2. turn the boat around
  3. turn the clock back
  4. turn the clocks back
  5. turn the cold shoulder on someone
  6. turn the corner
  7. turn the dial
  8. turn the frown upside down
  9. turn the knife
  10. turn the knife in the wound
  11. turn the other cheek

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Adapted from Wiktionary: turn the corner (page history and authors); turn the corner (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); turn the corner (Kannada Wiktionary) (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.

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