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Have the wolf by the ear

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo be in a dangerous situation from which one cannot disengage, but in which one cannot safely remain.

Synonyms

fight for one's lifeforce someone's back to the wallput a gun to someone's headhold a gun to someone's headwolfpackhave someone's blood on one's headwhite-knucklenecklose one's headeat leadgo for the throatget it in the neck
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