fight one's corner

Meaning: (chieflyUK,idiomatic)Tovigorouslypromoteordefendone's interests, views, etc.1896,The Parliamentary Debates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. XLIII,p. 866 (Google preview):The right hon. Gentleman the Member for Trinity College, who hadfought his cornerwell for the landlords, must know the heavy disabilities under which the tenants referred to suffered through no fault of their own.1996September 10, Charlie Bain, Louise Jury, “Swiss asked: 'Where is that stolen gold?'”, inIndependent, UK, retrieved11 August 2017:Mr Kornhauser could now have the British Government helping tofight his corner. Malcolm Rifkind, the Foreign Secretary, is to put pressure on the Swiss government.2003March 25,Alan Cowell, “Russian Billionaire Is Arrested in London”, inNew York Times, retrieved11 August 2017:Mr. Berezovsky left Russia for a relatively opulent self-exile. . . . [H]e estimated his fortune at some $3 billion and he has enlisted high-powered public relations and law firms tofight his corner.2010December 1, Tom Brady, “Combative reformer who relishedfighting his corner”, inIndependent.ie, Ireland, retrieved11 August 2017:Dermot Ahern established himself as a reforming and combative minister during his two years holding the Justice portfolio. . . . [H]e relishedfighting his cornerwith successive opposition spokesmen.2013,Ian McDonald, chapter62, inChaga,→ISBN:The gull stabbed and weaved. The big crab held up its fighting claws and circled. Suddenly all the birds in the tide water flew up at once in a clatter of wings. The crabfought his corner.2025May 4, John Simpson, “Police Federation under fire for backing ‘unsackable’ rogue cops”, inThe Observer‎[1]:The federation, set up in 1919 after police were banned from taking industrial action when strikes led to riots and looting, is a statutory body that provides legal support to its officers, as well asfighting their cornerlike a union would over pay, conditions and welfare.

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