the other way round
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.
From the M-W Editors
Word by Word Definitions
: being the one (as of two or more) remaining or not included
: being the one or ones distinct from that or those first mentioned or implied
: second
: one that remains of two or more
: a thing opposite to or excluded by something else
: a different or additional one
: one of two that remains
: each preceding one
: a different or additional one
: otherwise
: a thoroughfare for travel or transportation from place to place
: an opening for passage
: the course traveled from one place to another : route
: of, connected with, or constituting an intermediate point on a route
: by a long distance : to a considerable degree or extent : far
: by far : much
: very
: having every part of the surface or circumference equidistant from the center
: cylindrical
: approximately round
: around
: something (such as a circle, globe, or ring) that is round
: a knot of people
: a circle of things
: to make round
: to make (the lips) round and protruded (as in the pronunciation of \ü\)
: to pronounce with lip rounding : labialize
: around
: all during : throughout
: whisper
: to speak to in a whisper
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