other way round, the
Idioms-
In the reverse direction, as in I don't think the sofa will go through the door this way; let's try it the other way round.
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see other way round.
Example Sentences
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“Just the other way round, the decisions we make must help spur growth and technological development of the Russian economy.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
It’s only what the strong preach to the weak; you never hear it the other way round; the strong don’t lay down their arms.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2014
Seen the other way round, the argument here is that a diverse array of exaggerated structures in sympatric species indicates the role of such structures in species recognition among those respective animals.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 22, 2013
This makes me wonder whether Brookes originally planned it the other way round; the first Ed-Miliband-as-Wallace drawing came out just after Ed had edged that Labour leadership contest which most people expected David to win.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 16, 2012
All the gullies were climbed by expert mountaineers, but this needed a party and a rope, and the other way, round the shoulder of the great rock, was almost as hard.
From The Girl from Keller's by Bindloss, Harold
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