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idiomcornerscut cornersto save time, money, or energy by doing things quickly and not as carefully as you should:Some laboratories are starting to cut corners to save money, but the test results may not be reliable.I was trying to cut corners by not renewing my insurance policy, but this fire has ruined me.from/to the four corners of the earth(also from/to the four corners of the world/globe)from or to all the parts of the world:Healthcare workers from the four corners of the earth have come to Ontario for the conference.For five centuries, Spaniards travelled to the four corners of the globe in search of new lands. (redirected from corners)
See:- (a)round the corner
- (the) elephant in the corner
- a tight corner
- all corners of the earth
- all corners of the world
- amen corner
- around the corner
- back (one or oneself) into a corner
- back oneself into a corner
- back/paint somebody/yourself into a corner
- be backed into a corner
- be in a tight corner
- box (oneself) into a corner
- box (someone) into a corner
- catty-corner
- corner the market
- corner the market on
- corner the market on (something)
- cut corners
- cut corners, to
- distant corner of the world
- drive into a corner
- fight (one's) corner
- fight your corner
- four corners of the earth, the
- from all corners of the world
- from all four corners of the world
- from the corner of (one's) eye
- have (someone or an animal) cornered
- have (someone) in (one's) corner
- have a corner on the market
- have cornered
- have in corner
- hole-and-corner
- hole-in-the-corner
- in (one's) corner
- in a (tight) corner
- in a bind
- in a corner
- in a tight corner
- in a tight corner/spot
- in someone's corner
- in your corner
- just around the corner
- just around/round the corner
- kiss and cry corner
- kitty-corner
- kitty-cornered
- out (of) the corner of (one's) eye
- out of the corner of eye
- out of the corner of one's eye
- out of the corner of your eye
- paint (oneself) into a corner
- paint oneself into a corner
- paint yourself into a corner
- the elephant in the corner
- the four corners of the earth
- the four corners of the world
- turn a corner
- turn the corner
- turn the corner, to
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