Sentence examples for over the barrel from inspiring English sources

The other is the person jumping over the barrel.

Michaels: I had them over the barrel.

He ran a cloth over the barrel.

Heading into nearly every one of Point Given's races, Baffert said he felt he had his competitors "over the barrel".

This involved a hollowed-out bolt that slid partially over the barrel when a round was chambered, resulting in a much shorter weapon.

Local authorities, too, are being held over the barrel by privately-owned bus companies who threaten to cut services unless even more subsidies are paid.

These over-the-barrel consumers tend to be small-business owners or independent contractors, and the steepest premiums hit those between 50 and 64.

Last month, the British foreign secretary Philip Hammond spoke of "international outrage" over the barrel-bombing of hospitals in Syria by the Bashar al-Assad regime, and promised to "bring those involved in these criminal acts to justice".

The jerry cans were unloaded and a smuggler in a checked shirt and flipflops climbed over the barrels in the back of Nour's truck.

Building over the barrels was considered given the danger of gas leakage but the costs were thought to be too high.

Putting a coffin lid over the barrels and draping a white sheet over the lid, he proceeded to hold a funeral service.