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
&Aelig;&Eth;Elm&Aelig;R	-	Anglo-Saxon
Archippos	-	Ancient Greek
Graciana	grah-THYAH-nah (Spanish), grah-SYAH-nah (Latin American Spanish), grə-SYA-nə (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
Ballendine	['bæləndain]
Nadir	-	Arabic
Zulfaqar	-	Arabic