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How to Pronounce "the other way round"

expression

thuh UTH-er WAY ROWND
thuh UTH-uh WAY ROWND

Definition

Used to say something is the opposite of what was mentioned, or in reverse order.

IPA Transcription

American English

ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈəðɝ/ /ˈweɪ/ /ˈɹaʊnd

British English

ðə, ði/ /ˈʌðɐ/ /wˈeɪ/ /ɹˈaʊnd

Simplified Pronunciation

US

thuh UTH-er WAY ROWND

UK

thuh UTH-uh WAY ROWND

Listen in Context

You put the shoes on the other way round.

It's not blue first, then red. It's the other way round.

I thought you called me, but it was the other way round.

People think cats hate water, but sometimes it's the other way round—they love it!