to corner
- verb
- /ˈkɔrnər/
- The car can corner smoothly even at high speeds, making it a joy to drive on winding roads.
- corner hard
- cars corner
- corner fast
I've driven a lot of cars the corner well and this is the best.
- I've driven a lot of cars the corner well and this is the best.
- It's really a joy to go around corners and corners flat and corners well.
Examples
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It'd be cooler if the thrusters would let us oversteer and corner much more tightly than normal.
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Man, this baby must corner like it's on rails !
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Then Rapid Response corner the van.
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It is so flat, it corners so flat and it corners so well.
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I didn't think it cornered too good.
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When the driver had to corner sharply, they expertly managed the speed to avoid losing control.
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On the race track, how well a vehicle can corner often determines its competitive edge.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Put yourself in a difficult situation with no easy way out
Phrasal Verbs
To control most of the supply of a product so you can set its price and keep competitors out
Compounds
A kick in football taken from the corner after a defender last touched the ball for the attacking team
A corner on a road where drivers cannot see around because something blocks the view
- Archaic
A man in old minstrel shows who sits at one end of performers and makes jokes with the main speaker
How Sharply
Surface Forms
Etymology
To corner (to go round a bend) comes straight from the noun meaning the point where two roads or lines meet. So when a vehicle 'corners' it moves around that pointed place, keeping the idea of turning at an edge.