Definition of the other way round
chiefly British
1
: in the opposite position, direction, or order
You put the fork on the right and the knife on the left. They should be the other way round.
2
—used to say that the opposite situation is true Sometimes I cook and she does the dishes and sometimes it is the other way round.
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