feel the pinch
idiom
: to experience the problems caused by not having enough money or by paying higher costs
We are starting to feel the pinch of high fuel costs.
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Analysts believe this year's holiday shopping season will be solid, though not as robust as previous years, as many Americans feel the pinch of still-high prices despite easing inflation.
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Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Those frequent customers tend to feel the pinch first during challenging economic times.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
That raise is enough for some workers who are beginning to feel the pinch.
—Dan Catchpole and Allison Lampert, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
In the short term, consumers aren’t likely to feel the pinch because businesses and logistics firms took preemptive steps to blunt the strike’s impact before the start of the holiday shopping season.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Those frequent customers tend to feel the pinch first during challenging economic times.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
That raise is enough for some workers who are beginning to feel the pinch.
—Dan Catchpole and Allison Lampert, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
In the short term, consumers aren’t likely to feel the pinch because businesses and logistics firms took preemptive steps to blunt the strike’s impact before the start of the holiday shopping season.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Feel the pinch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feel%20the%20pinch. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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