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into a corner

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  • back someone into a corner — back (someone) into a corner to force someone into a bad situation. The company backed its workers into a corner by hiring replacements during the strike. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form get backed into a corner: When that team gets… …   New idioms dictionary

  • back into a corner — back (someone) into a corner to force someone into a bad situation. The company backed its workers into a corner by hiring replacements during the strike. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form get backed into a corner: When that team gets… …   New idioms dictionary

  • paint someone into a corner — paint (someone/yourself) into a corner to do something that takes away all of your choices. They ve painted themselves into a corner by promising to announce the results of their investigation. The army painted the rebels into a corner, and the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • paint yourself into a corner — paint (someone/yourself) into a corner to do something that takes away all of your choices. They ve painted themselves into a corner by promising to announce the results of their investigation. The army painted the rebels into a corner, and the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • paint into a corner — paint (someone/yourself) into a corner to do something that takes away all of your choices. They ve painted themselves into a corner by promising to announce the results of their investigation. The army painted the rebels into a corner, and the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • paint into a corner —    If you paint yourself into a corner, you put yourself into a situation that restricts what you can do or say.     Carole told her boss she was busy on Friday evening. She realized she had painted herself into a corner when he said : Too bad! I …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • paint yourself into a corner — (USA) If someone paints themselves into a corner, they get themselves into a mess …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • drive into a corner — force into a corner, force into a situation that is hard to escape from, corner …   English contemporary dictionary

  • paint yourself into a corner — paint (yourself) into a corner to do something which puts you in a very difficult situation and limits the way that you can act. I ve painted myself into a corner here. Having said I won t take less than Ј20 an hour, I can t then be seen to… …   New idioms dictionary

  • paint into a corner — paint (yourself) into a corner to do something which puts you in a very difficult situation and limits the way that you can act. I ve painted myself into a corner here. Having said I won t take less than Ј20 an hour, I can t then be seen to… …   New idioms dictionary

  • paint oneself into a corner — {v. phr.} To get oneself into a bad situation that is difficult or impossible to get out of. * /By promising to both lower taxes and raise the defense budget, the president has painted himself into a corner./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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