feel the pinch
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feel the pinch (third-person singular simple present feels the pinch, present participle feeling the pinch, simple past and past participle felt the pinch)
- (idiomatic, informal) To suffer a hardship, especially significant financial pressure.
- Working-class families are feeling the pinch in the wake of the recession.
Translations[edit]
to suffer a hardship
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