corner up

Verb

corner up (third-person singular simple present corners up, present participle cornering up, simple past and past participle cornered up)

1. (dated, intransitive) To form one or more corners.
   • Those two properties cornered up in the vicinity of Main Street.
   • The fenceposts will corner up the yard.
2. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To sell drugs on a street corner; to go to such a spot to sell drugs.
3. (informal) To be in a corner (of a room); to trap or be trapped by assailants in the corner of a room.
4. (broadly, informal) to corner or be cornered (To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment).