in a tight corner

idiom

: in a bad position
The city is in a tight corner financially.

Examples of in a tight corner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Think of its color palette as bolder than Indiana Jones in a tight corner. Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2023 This clever set-up makes room for an entire family in a tight corner—and offers hidden storage under the seats. Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 21 Nov. 2022 According to Cooper and Nolan, the NLRB’s associate general counsel, Dominick L. Manoli, found himself in a tight corner defending Joy Silk against an employer’s First Amendment right to prefer a union election even if that employer knew the union had majority support. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 20 Apr. 2022

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“In a tight corner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20a%20tight%20corner. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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