corner

/ˈkɔːnər/ verb

Definition

› [T] to force a person or animal into a situation or place from which it is hard to escape: His attackers cornered him in a dark alley.

corner the market › to become so successful at selling or making a particular product that almost no one else sells or makes it

(Definition of corner verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results

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