turn the corner
Begin to recover
To turn the corner is to pass a critical point and begin improving after difficulty.
Someone recovering from illness turns the corner when they start getting better.
A struggling business turns the corner when losses become gains.
The image is of rounding a bend to find conditions changed: After months of chemotherapy, she finally turned the corner.
Sudden important advance
- upturnImprovement in conditions
- upswingPeriod of increase
- rallyGathering for a cause
- comebackRecovery after decline
revival · turnaround · rebound · improvement · progress · healing · remission · resurgence
pivot
Point of rotation
round · navigate · steer · angle · maneuver · swerve · zigzag · detour · redirect · divert
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
comeback · revival · turnaround · rebound · improvement · progress · healing · remission · resurgence · rejuvenation
- turn phrasesabout face
- changechange, flux, transformation, metamorphosis, alteration
- recoveryrecovery, sobriety, rehab, recover, recovery room
- success idiomshit the jackpot, strike gold, make it, rags to riches, come out on top
turn the cornerrelapse
Return to former illness
take a turn for the worse · go downhill · deteriorate · decline · worsen
turn the cornerhit a wall
Reach an impassable obstacle
stall out · lose ground · fall behind · go backwards · unravel
turn the cornersuccumb
Yield to pressure
give up the ghost · fail · collapse · fall apart · unravel
turn, corner, turning, turned, turns, cornered, corners, turning point, cornering