Meanings
nountight squeeze (plural tight squeezes)
plural tight squeezes
- idiomaticA small amount of space shared by numerous people or things
Jem held up the bottom wire and motioned Dill under it. I followed, and held up the wire for Jem. It was a tight squeeze for him.
1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC - idiomaticA small amount of time in which something is to be done or attained
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