| 释义 | fight one's cornerDefend one’s position or interests: we need someone in the cabinet to fight our corner...The company argues that the fact the shareholders are getting anything at all - something some creditors fiercely opposed at the time - was only because the company fought their corner.The same ferocity with which a young, disadvantaged Motherwell side have fought their corner for much of the league campaign was the game's most compelling feature.I fought my corner to the very last, though, and as we waited at the check-out I gave it a final shot.
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