corner up

English

Verb

corner up (third-person singular simple present corners up, present participle cornering up, simple past and past participle cornered up)

1. (dated, intransitive) To form one or more corners.

   Those two properties cornered up in the vicinity of Main Street.

   The fenceposts will corner up the yard.

2. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To sell drugs on a street corner; to go to such a spot to sell drugs.
3. (informal) To be in a corner (of a room); to trap or be trapped by assailants in the corner of a room.
4. (informal, by extension) to corner or be cornered (To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment).