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around the corner
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]
Nearby, a short distance away, as in The nearest grocery store is just around the corner . [Early 1800s]
Very soon, imminent, as in You never know what stroke of luck lies just around the corner . [First half of 1900s]
Example Sentences
It was a French Open that delivered the lot - and whets the appetite for the Wimbledon, which is just around the corner.
The gruff, irritable and armed local who shows up only fuels their notion that death is surely around the corner.
Lee’s mother worked as a bathroom attendant just around the corner.
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.
"The problem is, there's always another person who comes around the corner," he said.
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