(chiefly, UK, idiomatic) To vigorously promote or defend one's interests, views, etc.
(chiefly, UK, idiomatic) To vigorously promote or defend one's interests, views, etc.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(informal) To be in a corner (of a room); to trap or be trapped by assailants in the corner of a room.
(slang, AAVE) To sell drugs on a street corner; to go to such a spot to sell drugs.
(slang, Caribbean) To fight (someone) aggressively.
(slang, intransitive, Caribbean) To endeavor or struggle to do.
To succeed in defeating a challenge, or an attack.