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in one's corner

in one's corner is the alternative form of in someone's corner.

Meaning of in someone's corner

Prepositional phrase

  1. Acting as a second (a member of the fighter's corner team).
  2. (broadly, figuratively) Offering someone full support and encouragement.
    • I choose you baby (ooh) / And I'll tell you why / you were there / when no one else / would be in my corner1973, Willie Hutch, “I Choose You”, in The Mack

Questions about in one's corner

What is in one's corner the alternative form of?
In one's corner is the alternative form of in someone's corner.

Words near in one's corner in the dictionary

  1. in one's backyard
  2. in one's bare skin
  3. in one's bones
  4. in one's book
  5. in one's born days
  6. in one's corner
  7. in one's cups
  8. in one's dreams
  9. in one's element
  10. in one's feelings
  11. in one's fingers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in one's corner (page history and authors); in someone's corner (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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