back against the wall

back against the wall
 No place to go; a difficult situation.
 ► “Its [GM’s] global sourcing strategy - to buy low-cost, quality components from anywhere in the world - alone puts the union’s back against the wall.” (Ward’s Auto World, May 1995, p. 14)

American business jargon. 2014.

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