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fought one's corner

fought one's corner is the simple past and past participle 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 fought one's corner

What is fought one's corner the simple past and past participle of?
Fought one's corner is the simple past and past participle of fight one's corner.

Words near fought one's corner in the dictionary

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

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