crunch time
Use Crunch time in a sentencecrunch time
a period of intense pressure; a critical situation: It's crunch time for high-tech companies. Compare crunch ( def 10 ).
Origin:
1975–80
1975–80
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crunch time
A period when pressure to succeed is great, often toward the end of an undertaking. For example, It's crunch time
we only have two more days to finish. This term employs crunch in the sense of "a critical situation or test." [Slang; 1970s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Crunch time
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Example sentences
Giving positive feedback to each other for doing good work and achieving results, during crunch time and every day.
He took full advantage, was still out there in crunch time, and may have re-established himself in the rotation.
It's not a huge time savings, but during crunch time on certain tasks, it makes a huge difference.
It's down to crunch time for many of us in the fantasy world.
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