the other way round

Meaning

1. 1

   in the opposite position, direction or order

   I think it should go on the other way round.

2. 2

   the opposite situation

   I didn't leave you. It was the other way round (= you left me).

In the movies · 4

• Yeah, best defense is a good offense. Or is it the other way round?X-Men: The Last Stand2006
• AkiraJohn Wick: Chapter 42023
• Thank you. Other way round.A Shot in the Dark1964
• She s your support animal Other way roundJohn Wick: Chapter 42023
• Other way round, isn't it? Parts for three months, not labour.Another Year2010
• They're meant to talk to you about their problems, - not the other way round. - Mm.Last Night in Soho2021

Learn it in full scenes

• A Shot in the Dark1964
  • Clouseau Investigates the Pistol Pen
  • Clouseau Interrogates Maria
  • Dreyfus Takes Over the Case
• Another Year2010
  • A Woman Asks for Sleeping Pills
  • Janet Rates Her Happiness
  • Mary Confides in Gerri Over Drinks

From the same entry

• across the way
• all the way
• always the way
• any way you slice it
• be born made that way
• be set in your ways
• by the way
• by way of
• by way of the way of
• come your way
• cut both ways
• either way

More idioms

• catch your breath
• stand in way
• come to the same thing
• come again
• mind you
• get away with murder
• be in a minority
• give the benefit of the doubt
• have a feel for
• know inside out
• on the back burner
• on the face of it