over a barrel
Example Sentences
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“We are over a barrel here,” Steinberg said in April.
From Slate
No one put them over a barrel and said they had to do this.
From The Verge
More from Eddie Howe: The Newcastle boss insists his employers will not allow other clubs hold them over a barrel during the January transfer window as they try to get new bodies in the door during what remains of the January transfer window.
From The Guardian
She clarified that the commute from the Albuquerque hotels was not as long as it has been made out to be and claimed that crew members "tried to renegotiate their contracts halfway through the show and hold the producers over a barrel by walking out."
From Fox News
"They tried to renegotiate their contracts halfway through the show and hold the producers over a barrel by walking out," she said in reference to a walkout that happened ahead of the shooting.
From Fox News
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