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Meaning of corner up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To form one or more corners.
    dated, intransitive
  2. To sell drugs on a street corner; to go to such a spot to sell drugs.
    slang
  3. To be in a corner (of a room); to trap or be trapped by assailants in the corner of a room.
    informal
  4. to corner or be cornered (To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment).
    broadly, informal

Examples

“Those two properties cornered up in the vicinity of Main Street.”
“The fenceposts will corner up the yard.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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