idiom · neutral
turn the corner
UK/tɜːn ðə ˈkɔːnə/US/tɜrn ðə ˈkɔːrnər/TURN·the·COR·ner
to begin to improve after a difficult period or illness.
Examples
“After months of losses, the company finally turned the corner and started making a profit.”
“The patient's breathing stabilised and the doctors felt he had turned the corner.”
“With the new policy the economy should turn the corner next year.”
Band 8 sentence
“After implementing the restructuring plan and seeing initial cost reductions, management is confident the company has turned the corner.”
Collocations
- turn the corner + after/when
- turn the corner in + economy/health/performance
Word family
Common mistakes
turn corner→turn the corner
turn a corner→turn the corner
Say it for a higher band
5recover→6improve→7+turn the corner
Synonyms
recover
Easily confused
make a recovery
“After treatment he began to make a recovery, though progress was slow.”
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