placed against a wall to be executed by a firing squad
in a crucial or critical position, esp. one in which defeat or failure seems imminent
into an acutely frantic, frustrated, or irritated state
upright structure that divides, encloses, etc.
barrier or obstruction
to enclose, divide, etc., with a wall
to become tense or frantic
to force into a desperate situation; humiliate or ruin completely
to break out of prison
to be defeated in a conflict or competition; yield
to fail in business, esp. to become bankrupt
to enclose in an upright structure [v -ED, -ING, -S]
to be put aside or forgotten
to take an extreme and determined position or measure
(of long-distance runners) to reach a point in a race, usually after 20 miles, when the body's fuels are virtually depleted and willpower becomes crucial to be able to finish
beyond the realm of acceptability or reasonableness
to provide with a wall (an upright structure built to enclose an area) [v WALLED, WALLING, WALLS]