fight one's corner

== English == === Alternative forms === fight for one's corner === Pronunciation === === Verb === fight one's corner (third-person singular simple present fights one's corner, present participle fighting one's corner, simple past and past participle fought one's corner) (chiefly UK, idiomatic) To vigorously promote or defend one's interests, views, etc. 1896, The Parliamentary Debates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. XLIII, p. 866 (Google preview): The right hon. Gentleman the Member for Trinity College, who had fought his corner well for the landlords, must know the heavy disabilities under which the tenants referred to suffered through no fault of their own. ==== References ==== “fight your corner fight somebody s corner” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman. “fight your corner” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman. “fight your corner”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.