bring smb. to bay

или drive smb. to bay

   пpипepeть кoгo-л. к cтeнкe, зaтpaвить кoгo-л. [этим, oxoт, зaгнaть звepя]

    She... talked incessantly of her "place" in Cheltenham, her titled friends... her horses, dogs... and exploits in the chase... though I suspected that her quarry in the chase whom to her infinite chagrin she had not so far brought to bay, was man (A. J. Cronin)