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feel the pinch

vb. (context idiomatic informal English) To suffer a hardship, especially significant financial pressure.

Usage examples of "feel the pinch".

Theyll be coming to us on our terms, these little-men-hordes of Earth, when they feel the pinch.

They'll be coming to us on our terms, these little-men-hordes of Earth, when they feel the pinch.

I even asked that they share their food with all my men, hoping he would feel the pinch of struggle.

Moreover, when the Allies had at last had the sense to tighten up their blockade, and Germany was beginning to feel the pinch, the Scandinavians had done their utmost to relieve the pressure by taking enormous numbers of German women and children as refugees for the remainder of the war.

Oh, there'll be a couple more police ships assigned to this locale, and the Strums will feel the pinch.

She paused while the Rowan did indeed feel the pinch of that accusation.

She just wanted me, and I guess everyone else, to feel the pinch once in a while, to part with more than a little time.

Darrel Baker, who was not a particularly good player, lost about eight hundred (not that he would ever feel the pinch.

Maria would feel the pinch during the next three months, but Maria, fortunately, was used to poverty and to staving off creditors.