corner
noun
[ ˈkɔːnə ]
• a place or angle where two sides or edges meet.
• "Jan sat at one corner of the table"
• a location or area, especially one regarded as secluded or remote.
• "fountains are discovered in quiet corners and sleepy squares"
• a position in which one dominates the supply of a particular commodity.
• "London doesn't have a corner on film festivals"
• a difficult or awkward situation.
• "I didn't wait for the prosecutor to try to get me in a corner"
Similar:
predicament,
plight,
tricky situation,
ticklish situation,
awkward situation,
tight corner,
tight spot,
spot of trouble,
bit of bother,
difficulty,
problem,
puzzle,
quandary,
dilemma,
muddle,
mess,
quagmire,
mire,
mare's nest,
dire straits,
with nowhere to turn,
comess,
pickle,
jam,
stew,
fix,
hole,
scrape,
bind,
fine kettle of fish,
hot water,
how-do-you-do,
• a place kick taken by the attacking side from a corner of the field after the ball has been sent over the byline by a defender.
• "he put a corner kick deep into the heart of the Southampton penalty area"
• each of the diagonally opposite ends of the ring, where a contestant rests between rounds.
• "when the bell sounded he turned to go back to his corner"
• a triangular cut from the hind end of a side of bacon.
corner
verb
• force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape.
• "the man was eventually cornered by police dogs"
Similar:
drive into a corner,
run to earth,
run to ground,
bring to bay,
cut off,
block off,
trap,
hem in,
shut in,
pen in,
close in,
enclose,
surround,
capture,
catch,
waylay,
ambush,
ambuscade,
• control (a market) by dominating the supply of a particular commodity.
• "whether they will corner the market in graphics software remains to be seen"
Similar:
gain control of,
gain dominance of,
take over,
control,
dominate,
monopolize,
capture,
hog,
sew up,
engross,
• (of a vehicle) go round a bend in a road.
• "no squeal is evident from the tyres when cornering fast"
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin cornu ‘horn, tip, corner’.
corner kick
noun
• another term for corner (sense 5 of the noun).
• "Kavanagh lofted a corner kick"
around the corner
• very near.
• "there's a chemist around the corner"
Similar:
close by,
nearby,
very near,
near here,
not far away,
a short distance away,
in the neighbourhood,
close at hand,
within walking distance,
within reach,
on the doorstep,
coming,
coming soon,
coming up,
approaching,
close,
imminent,
forthcoming,
brewing,
in prospect,
in the offing,
in the wings,
in the wind,
on the way,
on the horizon,
nearly on us,
at hand,
on the cards,
