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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 trueSometimes I cook and she does the dishes and sometimes it is the other way round.
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