Cornering

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of decorative work forming a corner.

    "We have been informed that these cornerings are rarely used when the ceilings are not decorated […]"

  2. 2
    The act by which somebody is cornered.

    "1809–1812, Maria Edgeworth, "Manoeuvring", in Tales of Fashionable Life Aside; ay, ay, but take care, I advise you, of her asides, and her whisperings, and her cornerings, and her inuendoes, and semiconfidences, lest your own happiness, my dear, unsuspecting, enthusiastic daughter, should be the sacrifice."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of corner form-of, gerund, participle, present

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buyconsumerismcornerhire purchasemarketingmonopoly

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"Cornering him in an argument is easy—like taking candy from a baby."

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