If the queen should bolt or balk, the three hags would drag her back inside, and this time they would see to it that she never left her cell.

如果太后想要逃跑或者拖延，三个老巫婆就会把她拖回去，这次她就再也不能离开牢房。

youdao

What it means for the broader markets is a likely slowdown in buyout activity as the banks pull back from lending with easy terms and as buyout firms balk at paying higher interest rates to fund their purchases.

FORBES: Crunch Time