"around the corner" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-au-around the corner.ogg Forms: round the corner [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} around the corner (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) imminent; very soon Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: imminent, in the offing, proximate, impending Translations (imminent; very soon): aivan lähellä (Finnish), nurkan takana [colloquial] (Finnish), pour bientôt (French), küszöbön (Hungarian), küszöbönálló (Hungarian), zaraz (Polish), za pasem (Polish), logo ali (Portuguese), не за гора́ми /lit:not beyond the mountains/ (ne za gorámi) (Russian), на носу́ /lit:on the nose/ (na nosú) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-around_the_corner-en-adj-hHnqAlzw Disambiguation of Time: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of 'imminent; very soon': 83 17
  2. (idiomatic) close, local, very near Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: close by, near, proximate, near
    Sense id: en-around_the_corner-en-adj-aFcwWax1

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "imminent; very soon",
      "word": "aivan lähellä"
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      "sense": "imminent; very soon",
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      "sense": "imminent; very soon",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "imminent; very soon",
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      "sense": "imminent; very soon",
      "word": "zaraz"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "imminent; very soon",
      "word": "za pasem"
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      "sense": "imminent; very soon",
      "word": "logo ali"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "ne za gorámi",
      "sense": "imminent; very soon",
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      "roman": "na nosú",
      "sense": "imminent; very soon",
      "word": "на носу́ /lit:on the nose/"
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