corner up

verb

To form one or more corners.

“The fenceposts will corner up the yard.”

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Meanings

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

present singular third person corners up · participle present cornering up · participle past cornered up · past cornered up

  1. datedintransitiveTo form one or more corners.

    The fenceposts will corner up the yard.

    1 more example

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

  2. slangAfrican-American VernacularTo sell drugs on a street corner; to go to such a spot to sell drugs.
  3. informalTo be in a corner (of a room); to trap or be trapped by assailants in the corner of a room.
  4. broadlyinformalto corner or be cornered (To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment).
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APA

corner up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corner%20up

MLA

“corner up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corner%20up. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corner up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corner%20up.

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