- - No longer a danger
- - Two words for fended off, like a doctor kept away
- - out of striking range
- - Kept in check
- - Held in check
- - In check
- - Cornered, as a wild animal
- - Up a tree
- - Unable to flee for a time on horse
- - Like a cornered wild animal
- - Cornered in a seaside borough, soldiers needing to escape
- - Like a contained enemy
- - Trapped in a corner, say
- - No longer dangerous
- - Up a tree, say
- - Unable to retreat or escape
- - Cornered, as a hunted animal
- - No longer a threat
- - Backed into a corner
- - Hemmed in, perhaps
- - Out of striking distance
- - A way you wouldn't want to be held
- - In a position of no escape
- - Trapped in a corner: 2 wds.
- - How a dog might hold you
- - Having no escape
- - How you might hold a vicious animal
- - Like a rat in a trap
- - In a powerless situation
- - With escape cut off.
- - Cornered by the sea
- - Unable to come any closer
- - keep ...... (stave off for the time being)
- - "Keep your enemy ..." (away): 2 wds.
- - Forced to turn and face the attackers
- - Cornered
- - Good way to keep an enemy
- - Good spot to keep an enemy
- - Unable to retreat
- - Kept ...... (held off)
- - Delayed from acting
- - Prevented from attacking
- - On the defensive
- - Unable to flee
- - Held off
- - Like cornered prey
- - How an angry dog should be kept
- - With one's back to the wall
- - How one may be held
- - Unable to retreat, as an animal
- - Unable to attack
- - Without an out
- - Bad way to be held
- - Held back
- - Forced to turn and fight
- - Bottled up
- - Thwarted
- - Under control
- - Hold ...... (control)
- - One way to be held
- - Powerless
- - Trapped
- - Checked
- - Hold
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