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Idiom

no pressure

Meaning

The situation at hand is rife with emotional pressure.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“You have to finish this report today, but no pressure.”

“I need the final decision by tomorrow morning, but no pressure, take your time to think.”

“Although the deadline for the project is looming, the manager told the team there was no pressure to sacrifice quality for speed.”

Examples

simple

“You have to finish this report today, but no pressure.”

contextual

“I need the final decision by tomorrow morning, but no pressure, take your time to think.”

complex

“Although the deadline for the project is looming, the manager told the team there was no pressure to sacrifice quality for speed.”

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