“the corner”

The following 4 entries include the term the corner.

puss in the corner

: a game in which all players but one occupy goals (as the corners of a room) and at a signal try to exchange places before the one having no place of his own can reach one of the vacant goals

round-the-corner

adjective

: of or relating to a card sequence in which the king and deuce both connect with the ace

out of the corner of one's eye

idiom

: to the side of where one is looking

turn the corner

idiom

: to get past the most difficult area or period in something and begin to improve


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