in a corner
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English[edit]
Prepositional phrase[edit]
- Placed in a difficult or awkward situation.
- 1947, Robert Frost, A Masque of Mercy:
- Paul almost had poor Keeper in a corner
Where he would have to quit his politics
Or be a Christian.
- (dated) secretly; covertly
- something done in a corner
Translations[edit]
placed in a difficult or awkward situation
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secretly, covertly
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