over a barrel
Example Sentences
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"It's a private market, so we've been put over a barrel," said Victoria Cusworth, who is responsible for children and young people at Rotherham Council.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2022
“We are over a barrel here,” Steinberg said in April.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2022
No one put them over a barrel and said they had to do this.
From The Verge • May 3, 2022
"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 • Nov. 2, 2021
“They’ve got us over a barrel and they know it.”
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
