in a corner—
1. situated or positioned in a corner:
- Sitting in a corner of the room, Trevor watched his friends and teammates celebrate.
2. (also: in a tight corner) in a difficult situation:
- The government is in a corner and cannot win except to keep taxes reduced.
in the corner — = in a corner 1:
- A ghost was spotted standing in the corner of the cellar whilst the groups of visitors were upstairs.
Note: The expression does not fully correlate in meaning with the phrase at the corner—
1. (also: on the corner) at a street corner:
- He was hailed by a gentleman standing at the corner by the Scotch Church. He immediately drove up….
2. = in the corner:
- All you need to do to create printed version is turn on your printer and click on the printer icon at the corner of the screen.