corner

/ˈkɔr·nər/ v [I/T]

Definition

› to force a person or animal into a place or situation from which there is no escape: [T] After a chase, the police cornered him in a hallway.

(Definition of corner v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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