Synonyms:
at_bay(p), cornered, trapped, treed
Meaning: forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she had me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a trapped animal"
Usage examples
"The girl's got him trapped.
You've been trapped by the green-eyed monster.
At last, however, poor Gilbert was trapped and slain.
Trapped as she was, she did not want to see an innocent man arrested.
You may have seen a picture of an inquisitive mouse trapped by an Oyster.
If I had succeeded I should have been crowned with glory, but now I'm trapped."
The Drilgoes had broken in and trapped the multitudes that had taken refuge there.
I'm certain a fox was shot or trapped in Lady Widden's woods the very day before we drew them."
These they shot, or trapped in pitfalls, using the flesh for food, and, after their clothes wore out, the hides for clothing.
“I suppose you thought it unwise to wait for the bluebird when you had beguiled me into breaking a promise, when I was trapped, defeated,—”