Usually means: Create unavoidable, self-imposed predicament.
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  1. paint oneself into a corner: Merriam-Webster
  2. paint oneself into a corner: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. paint oneself into a corner: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (paint oneself into a corner)

verb:  (idiomatic) To create a predicament or problem for oneself; to do something that leaves one with no good alternatives or solutions.

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