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fights one's corner

fights one's corner is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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)

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Fights one's corner is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fight one's corner.

Words near fights one's corner in the dictionary

  1. fights like a married couple
  2. fights like an old married couple
  3. fights like cat and dog
  4. fights like cats and dogs
  5. fights off
  6. fights one's corner
  7. fights one's guts out
  8. fights out
  9. fights shy
  10. fights the good fight
  11. fights the tiger

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