in a corner

prep_phrase — 2 senses

in a corner

prep_phrase

1

Idiomatic Placed in a difficult or awkward situation.

Paul almost had poor Keeper in a corner Where he would have to quit his politics Or be a Christian.1947, Robert Frost, A Masque of Mercy:

2

Dated, Idiomatic Secretly; covertly.

something done in a corner

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