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fighting one's corner

fighting one's corner is the present participle and gerund of fight one's corner.

Meaning of fight one's corner

Verb

fight one's corner (third-person singular simple present fights one's corner, present participle fighting one's corner, simple past and past participle fought one's corner)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To vigorously promote or defend one's interests, views, etc.
    • 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.1896, The Parliamentary Debates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. XLIII, p. 866 (Google preview)

Questions about fighting one's corner

What is fighting one's corner the present participle and gerund of?
Fighting one's corner is the present participle and gerund of fight one's corner.

Words near fighting one's corner in the dictionary

  1. fighting like an old married couple
  2. fighting like cat and dog
  3. fighting like cats and dogs
  4. fighting little judge
  5. fighting off
  6. fighting one's corner
  7. fighting one's guts out
  8. fighting out
  9. fighting shy
  10. fighting spirit
  11. fighting spirits

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