Meaning at bay
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at baylate 14c., originally often at the bay; see bay (n.3). Figurative use, of human beings in difficulties, is from c. 1400. The expression reflects the former more widespread use of at. Earlier the expre [..]
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at bay
(set phrase,idiomatic) Unable to come closer; at a distance.
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