lay siege

English

lay siege (third-person singular simple present lays siege, present participle laying siege, simple past and past participle laid siege)

To besiege, to engage in a siege; used with to or against.
- 2019 May 5, Danette Chavez, “Campaigns are waged on and off the Game Of Thrones battlefield (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1]:
  And Jon—sweet, dull Jon—almost immediately shares his big secret with his sister-cousins, even though it means shattering the appearance of a united front, which is kind of important, since they are about to attempt to lay siege to King’s Landing.
- 1611, Authorized King James Version, Ezekiel 4:2,
  And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
(figuratively) To attack continually over a long period.
They're laying siege to all we hold dear.
- 2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in BBC Sport‎^[2]:
  The Reds laid siege to the Albion goal throughout, with Jordan Henderson striking the underside of the bar and Dirk Kuyt the inside of the post.