at bay

Meaning

1. Editorial92% of films

   to hold a person, illness, or threat off so it cannot come close or affect you

   I doubt a human could keep her at bay.

   He experimented with many ways to keep it at bay.

2. Oxford8% of films

   when an animal that is being hunted is at bay, it must turn and face the dogs and hunters because it is impossible to escape from them

In the movies · 13

• I doubt a human could keep her at bay.Avengers: Age of Ultron2015
• He experimented with many ways to keep it at bay.Mary Reilly1996
• The mask holds the pain at bay.The Dark Knight Rises2012
• Might keep Cormac at bay.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2009
• keeping that unruly beast at bay.Turning Red2022
• For centuries it worked and evil was kept at bayThe Nun2018
• I can't keep Nichols at bay.Oppenheimer2023
• I found bananas are the only thing that keeps it at bay.The Croods: A New Age2020

Learn it in full scenes

• Turning Red2022
  • Mei Turns Into a Red Panda
  • Mei Turns into a Red Panda
  • Mei's Friends Have Her Back
• Oppenheimer2023
  • Bohr Sends Oppenheimer to Göttingen
  • Strauss Offers Oppenheimer a Job
  • Rabi Meets Oppenheimer on a Train

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