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in a pinch
idiomUS(UKat a pinch)
Something that you can do in a pinch can be done if it is really necessary, but it will be difficult, not perfect, or not what you would really like:
I need $20,000 to set up the business, but I suppose $15,000 would do in a pinch.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Merely and barely
all of somethingidiom
at a pinchidiom
barely
but
by a whiskeridiom
by inchesidiom
hardly
ill
just
little
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merest
narrowly
nothing
nothing more thanidiom
only
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scarcely
whisker
in a pinch | American Dictionary
in a pinch
idiom
if necessary:
You should use lime juice, but in a pinch lemon juice will work.
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