Idiom
turn the corner
Meaning
To pass the most critical point of some process; to pass out of danger.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The patient is finally starting to turn the corner.”
“After weeks of struggling with the new software, the team finally turned the corner and finished the project.”
“Although the economic recession had been severe, the latest financial reports suggest that the country has finally turned the corner toward recovery.”
Examples
simple
“The patient is finally starting to turn the corner.”
contextual
“After weeks of struggling with the new software, the team finally turned the corner and finished the project.”
complex
“Although the economic recession had been severe, the latest financial reports suggest that the country has finally turned the corner toward recovery.”
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