corner
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- A corner is the place where two lines or edges meet.
- They live on the corner of Main Street and Dundas.
- Just put it on the table in the corner of the room.
- In business, a corner is a monopoly.
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- To corner someone is to get someone into a place where he or she cannot leave.
- Synonym: trap
- Jessy cornered him in the supply room and wouldn't let him leave.
- To go around corners.
- Synonym: turn
- The car really corners well. Turns are easy for it.