at bay

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Adj.1.at bay - forced to turn and face attackersat bay - forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she had me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a trapped animal"
cornered, trapped, treed
unfree - hampered and not free; not able to act at will
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"I'm in downtown Toronto at Bay and Bloor and I can be up there in three and quarter hours.
Muskoka-bound crowd flocking to Blue Sky country: lower real estate prices and the Northern lifestyle are luring GTA weekend warriors to the North Bay area
The Mall at Bay Plaza will feature three department stores, complementary superstores, themed-restaurants, entertainment venues and 100 smaller shops, and will be the first enclosed regional mall in The Bronx, according to developers.
Indoor mall planned for Bronx's Bay Plaza
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