From: Action Is Self-propelled Motion
-- 1 He pushed me into doing it.
-- 2 She leaned on him to do it.
-- 3 She pushed me through the steps in the application process.
-- 4 I need someone to help me through this problem.
-- 5 She leads him around by the nose.
-- 6 She held him back in his endeavors.
-- 7 She is being pushed into a corner by the ultimatum.
-- 8 Her boss doesn't give her any slack.
-- 6 She has her secretary on a tight rein.
-- 7 She has her fiance on a short leash.
-- 8 He is tied to his mother's apron strings.