Usually means: Keeping a threat or problem distant.
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  1. at bay: Merriam-Webster
  2. at bay, at bay: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. at bay: Collins English Dictionary
  4. at bay: Vocabulary.com
  5. At Bay: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. at bay: FreeDictionary.org
  7. at bay: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. Bay, At: The Word Detective
  9. at bay: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. at bay: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  11. at bay: Wiktionary
  12. at bay: Dictionary.com
  13. at bay: Merriam-Webster

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  1. at bay: Idioms


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