Bring (someone or something) to bay British phrase
To capture or trap someone or something, especially an animal.
In history, white people used to bring the black to bay.
The bear was brought to bay by a gang of hunters.
Prehistoric men survived in the wilderness by eating berries and bringing animals to bay.
The verb "bring" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase was originally a medieval hunting term, referring to the position of the quarry when it is cornered by the baying hounds.
People tend to like forbidden or illegal things just because they are forbidden or illegal.
He must have believed that stolen fruit is the sweetest, and he, therefore, cheated on his partner.