write oneself into a corner (English, verb)
expansion: write oneself into a corner (third-person singular simple present writes oneself into a corner, present participle writing oneself into a corner, simple past and past participle writed oneself into a corner)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
narratology
sciences
glosses: To reach a narrative point in which the story one is writing gets stuck, leaving no good or satisfactory alternative or resolution.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: writes oneself into a corner
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: writing oneself into a corner
tags: participle
present
form: writed oneself into a corner
tags: participle
past
form: writed oneself into a corner
tags: past