Futile embracing female when cornered by wild religious follower (3,2,3)
I believe the answer is:
man of god
'religious follower' is the definition.
'futile embracing female when cornered by wild' is the wordplay.
'futile' becomes 'nogo' (something which is no-go is futile).
'embracing' indicates putting letters inside.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'when cornered by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (corner can mean to trap or imprison).
'wild' becomes 'mad' ('mad' can be similar in meaning to 'wild'**).
'nogo' going around 'f' is 'nofgo'.
'nofgo' put into 'mad' is 'MAN OF GOD'.
(Other definitions for man of god that I've seen before include "Member of the clergy" , "Holy person" .)