turn the corner
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editturn the corner (third-person singular simple present turns the corner, present participle turning the corner, simple past and past participle turned the corner)
- (idiomatic) To pass the most critical point of some process; to pass out of danger.
- 2009 February 9, “Hope as China's appetite returns”, in Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia:
- 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.
- In the game of cribbage, to reach the point at which one is safe from being lurched.