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in a pinch
Idioms and Phrases
In an emergency, when hard-pressed, as in This music isn't what I would have chosen, but it will do in a pinch . This term dates from the late 1400s, when it was put as at a pinch (a usage still current in Britain); pinch alludes to straitened circumstances.Example Sentences
Still, in a pinch, Esparza said, “We make exceptions.â€
Pure wild rice is best for this dish, but in a pinch, you can certainly use a mix.
The 15 nominees here have already won something, if you think of them as global ambassadors of all that cinema can do in a pinch of time.
They’re called “boards†and they’re usually created from scratch by the play-by-play announcers and color analysts in the days leading up to a game, a meticulously organized study sheet that provides a commentator with detailed information in a pinch.
Crew members with the district said mobilizing in a pinch is nothing new to them, but this endeavor hit different given the personal effects many experienced from the blaze.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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