cornered

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
corner/ˈkɔːnə(r)/

▶noun

• 1 a place or angle where two or more sides or edges meet.

  ■ a place where two streets meet.

• 2 a secluded or remote region or area.

• 3 a difficult or awkward position.

• 4 a position in which one dominates the supply of a particular commodity.

• 5 (also corner kick) Soccer a place kick taken by the attacking side from a corner of the field after the ball has been sent over the byline by a defender.

  ■ a free hit in field hockey, taken from the corner of the field.

• 6 Boxing & Wrestling each of the diagonally opposite ends of the ring, where a contestant rests between rounds.

  ■ a contestant's supporters or seconds.

• 7 Brit. a triangular cut from the hind end of a side of bacon.

▶verb

• 1 force into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape.

• 2 go round a bend in a road.

• 3 control (a market) by dominating the supply of a particular commodity.

– phrases
(just) around the corner very near.
fight one's corner defend one's position or interests.
in someone's corner supporting and encouraging someone.

– derivatives
-cornered adjective.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr., based on L. cornu ‘horn, tip, corner’.