in leash

English

Prepositional phrase

in leash

1. Restrained with a leash.
2. (figuratively) Under restraint; retrained; retaining one's composure.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "I shall hold myself strongly in leash, and see whether by this self-restraint I attain a more favorable result."

Anagrams

• Ashline, inhales