push to the wall

push someone to the wall

and press someone to the wall

to force someone into a position where there is only one choice to make; to put someone in a defensive position. There was little else I could do. They pushed me to the wall.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Juliana	yuy-lee-AH-nah (Dutch), yoo-lee-AH-nah (German), joo-lee-AHN-ə (English)	Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Svyatoslav	svyah-tah-SLAHF (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Serafina	se-rah-FEE-nah (Polish)	Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish
Sebastiano	-	Italian
Gitta	GI-tah	German
Valerie	['væləri]