cornered
kawr nerd
- v gain control over
- v force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
- v turn a corner
- s forced to turn and face attackers
she had me cornered between the porch and her car
- Pooh-poohing any notion that he was cornered, Trump insisted last week that the talks were friendly.
- But unlike Garbo, who was often cornered by paparazzi in her Manhattan neighborhood, Bettie seemingly did disappear.
- When a reporter cornered Sanford in the Atlanta airport June 24, however, the governor revealed that he'd been in Buenos Aires.