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fight one's corner

To vigorously promote or defend one's interests, views, etc.
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The right hon. Gentleman the Member for Trinity College, who had fought his corner well for the landlords, must know the heavy disabilities under which the tenants referred to suffered through no fault of their own.

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Submitted on July 10, 2018

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