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Idiom

around the corner

Meaning

Imminent; very soon.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Summer is just around the corner.”

“Study hard because the final exam is right around the corner.”

“With the holiday season just around the corner, the shopkeepers prepared for a significant increase in customer traffic.”

Examples

simple

“Summer is just around the corner.”

contextual

“Study hard because the final exam is right around the corner.”

complex

“With the holiday season just around the corner, the shopkeepers prepared for a significant increase in customer traffic.”

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