in leash

English

Prepositional phrase

Restrained with a leash.
(figuratively) Under restraint; retrained; retaining one's composure.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, OCLC 1029993343:
  "I shall hold myself strongly in leash, and see whether by this self-restraint I attain a more favorable result."

Anagrams

Ashline, inhales

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