corner up verb4 •(informal) To be in a corner (of a room); to trap or be trapped by assailants in the corner of a room. •(informal) to corner or be cornered (To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment). •(slang) To sell drugs on a street corner; to go to such a spot to sell drugs. •(old-fashioned) To form one or more corners.Those two properties cornered up in the vicinity of Main Street.The fenceposts will corner up the yard. formscornered up · cornering up · corners up