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At Bay
see synonyms of at bayAdjective
1. at bay, cornered, trapped, treed
forced to turn and face attackers
Example Sentences:'a stag at bay''she had me cornered between the porch and her car''like a trapped animal'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
At Bay
see synonyms of at baya.
(of a person or animal) forced to turn and face attackers
the dogs held the deer at bay
b.
at a distance
to keep a disease at bay
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At Bay
see synonyms of at bay1.
with escape cut off; cornered
2.
unable to advance; held off
the bear kept the hunters at bay
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