turning the corner
Starting to recover
Turning the corner means passing a critical point and beginning to improve or recover.
Someone seriously ill who is turning the corner has survived the worst and is now getting better.
A struggling business turns the corner when it starts showing signs of success.
The image is of rounding a bend to find conditions changed: After months of losses, the company finally turned the corner.
- improvingBecoming more capable
- recoverRegain health or possession
- recuperationGradual return to health
- getting betterProgressing toward wellness
- bendCurve or flex
veer · curve · round the bend · breakthrough · transformation · fresh start · new chapter · resilience · pivot · change of course · comeback · bounce back · optimism · inflection point · stabilization · epiphany · renewal · crossroads
- progressprogress, in progress, promotion, raise, making progress
turning the cornergoing downhill
declining · deteriorating · worsening · relapsing · on the decline
turning the cornerlosing ground
falling behind · stalling out · hitting a wall · spinning one's wheels · treading water
turning the cornercircling the drain
Approaching inevitable end
on the brink · going under · crashing and burning · unraveling · falling apart
turn, turning, turned, turner, turnable, overturn, return, corner, corners