Crossword clues for tight spot
tight spot
Wiktionary
n. (context idiomatic English) a difficult position
Wikipedia
Tight Spot is a 1955 American film noir directed by Phil Karlson and written by William Bowers, based on the play Dead Pigeon, by Leonard Kantor. It stars Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith, Lorne Greene, and Eve McVeagh. The story was inspired by Senator Estes Kefauver's tactics in coercing Virginia Hill to testify in the Bugsy Siegel prosecution.
Usage examples of "tight spot".
If I'm in a tight spot, I want a team that understands what I want, not one that jumps when they feel a whip.
Maybe she thought that I could just dive through the wiring feeds running between us and snatch Holly by the scruff of the cerebellum and haul him out of a tight spot.
When they worked their way up into the dark, tight spot, she began struggling again, trying again to scramble for the light of the opening, but he was blocking her way.
But he's also very loyal to Dumbledore, who helped him out of a tight spot once.
Then, in a flash of inspiration, it occurred to him that the best way out of that tight spot was to get the boys drunk.
Now he was ranking officer of a security assault squad that was in a tight spot.
I knew I was in a tight spot, but I was warily determined to think my way out of it.
An agent who gets the wind up is no use to himself or his boss and is not likely to get out of a tight spot.
Perrin came up to me as I was crawling out of the fourth tight spot.
Chivalry once told me that in a tight spot, you were better with an ax than a sword.