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around the corner

  1. On the other side of a street corner, as in The doctor's office is around the corner from our house . [First half of 1800s]

  2. Nearby, a short distance away, as in The nearest grocery store is just around the corner . [Early 1800s]

  3. Very soon, imminent, as in You never know what stroke of luck lies just around the corner . [First half of 1900s]



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It was a French Open that delivered the lot - and whets the appetite for the Wimbledon, which is just around the corner.

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The gruff, irritable and armed local who shows up only fuels their notion that death is surely around the corner.

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Lee’s mother worked as a bathroom attendant just around the corner.

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It comes from my experience working as a bookseller at Shakespeare and Co., where I have been working for a long time — this place as a theater stage like in “The Shop Around the Corner,” a place where you have so many people who like to read and who dream of writing.

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"The problem is, there's always another person who comes around the corner," he said.

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