fight one's corner
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The right hon. Gentleman the Member for Trinity College, who had fought his corner well for the landlords, must know the heavy disabilities under which the tenants referred to suffered through no fault of their own."
- "Mr Kornhauser could now have the British Government helping to fight his corner. Malcolm Rifkind, the Foreign Secretary, is to put pressure on the Swiss government."
- "Mr. Berezovsky left Russia for a relatively opulent self-exile. . . . [H]e estimated his fortune at some $3 billion and he has enlisted high-powered public relations and law firms to fight his corner."
- "Dermot Ahern established himself as a reforming and combative minister during his two years holding the Justice portfolio. . . . [H]e relished fighting his corner with successive opposition spokesmen."
- "The gull stabbed and weaved. The big crab held up its fighting claws and circled. Suddenly all the birds in the tide water flew up at once in a clatter of wings. The crab fought his corner."
- "The federation, set up in 1919 after police were banned from taking industrial action when strikes led to riots and looting, is a statutory body that provides legal support to its officers, as well as fighting their corner like a union would over pay, conditions and welfare."
Usage
- British usage
Inflected Forms
fights one's corner (present, singular)
fighting one's corner (participle, present)
fought one's corner (participle, past)
fought one's corner (past)
fight for one's corner (alternative)