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| corner; push to the wall; drive into a corner (Anglophile); drive to bay; bring to bay; bay; pin; confront (Mikhail11); drive against the wall | |||
| pin down; squeeze someone against the wall (Andrey Truhachev) | |||
| pin to the wall; have someone at bay (Bobrovska) | |||
| drive someone to the wall; have someone by the short and curlies (When the officer reminded me that writing me up for disorderly conduct would violate my parole, he had me by the short and curlies. I didn't dare protest further but remained silent while he continued to lecture me as if I were a child. george serebryakov) | |||
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| corner (smb.) | |||
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| drive sb. to the wall; drive smb. to the wall | |||
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| drive against a wall; drive someone into a corner | |||
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| cornered (Азери) | |||
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| up against something | |||
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