"corner up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: corners up [present, singular, third-person], cornering up [participle, present], cornered up [participle, past], cornered up [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: dated, intransitive
    Sense id: en-corner_up-en-verb-AzmF8Tse
  2. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To sell drugs on a street corner; to go to such a spot to sell drugs. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-corner_up-en-verb-rRRTkvc~ Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 61 27 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 14 52 24 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 59 25 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 59 27 6
  3. (informal) To be in a corner (of a room); to trap or be trapped by assailants in the corner of a room. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-corner_up-en-verb-7~e8QtaJ
  4. (informal, by extension) to corner or be cornered (To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment). Tags: broadly, informal
    Sense id: en-corner_up-en-verb-202btWZH
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        "To form one or more corners."
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        "(dated, intransitive) To form one or more corners."
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        "To be in a corner (of a room); to trap or be trapped by assailants in the corner of a room."
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        "To sell drugs on a street corner; to go to such a spot to sell drugs."
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