Idiom
feel the pinch
Meaning
To suffer a hardship, especially significant financial pressure.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Many families feel the pinch when food prices rise.”
“With the cost of rent increasing so quickly, many young professionals are starting to feel the pinch.”
“As the economic recession deepened, even the most successful small businesses began to feel the pinch of reduced consumer spending.”
Examples
simple
“Many families feel the pinch when food prices rise.”
contextual
“With the cost of rent increasing so quickly, many young professionals are starting to feel the pinch.”
complex
“As the economic recession deepened, even the most successful small businesses began to feel the pinch of reduced consumer spending.”
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