állja a vadat (kutya)

• to hold one's ground, to hold one's own, to hold the field, to keep one's ground, to stand one's ground

• as good as one's word, to be as good as one's word, to be so good as one's word, to keep faith with sy, to keep one's word

• to be so good as one's word

• to get in one's road

• to frustrate

• to be found wanting

• to be on the rack