| Hold |
| In check |
| Held off |
| Cornered |
| Held back |
| Powerless |
| Held in check |
| Up a tree, say |
| Without an out |
| Unable to flee |
| Having no escape |
| Unable to attack |
| On the defensive |
| Unable to retreat |
| Bad way to be held |
| Hemmed in, perhaps |
| Hold ___ (control) |
| Like cornered prey |
| No longer a threat |
| One way to be held |
| Delayed from acting |
| How one may be held |
| Kept ___ (held off) |
| No longer dangerous |
| Backed into a corner |
| Like a contained enemy |
| Out of striking distance |
| Prevented from attacking |
| Trapped in a corner, say |
| Good way to keep an enemy |
| Good spot to keep an enemy |
| In a position of no escape |
| Cornered, as a wild animal |
| Like a cornered wild animal |
| Unable to retreat or escape |
| With one's back to the wall |
| Cornered, as a hunted animal |
| How an angry dog should be kept |
| Unable to retreat, as an animal |
| A way you wouldn't want to be held |
| How you might hold a vicious animal |
| Forced to turn and face the attackers |