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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