corner up
English
editVerb
editcorner up (third-person singular simple present corners up, present participle cornering up, simple past and past participle cornered up)
- (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.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) To sell drugs on a street corner; to go to such a spot to sell drugs.
- (informal) To be in a corner (of a room); to trap or be trapped by assailants in the corner of a room.
- (informal, by extension) to corner or be cornered (To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment).