forced to deal with a difficult situation.

Ashworth felt he was in a bind, with two completely different sets of directions he was supposed to follow.

Related vocabulary: put someone/something in a hole, in a tight spot

• chill out
• chill someone to the bone
• chill someone to the marrow
• chill to the bone
• chill to the marrow
• chime in
• chink in armour
• chink in someone's armour
• chinless wonder
• Chin up!
• chip in
• chip in something
• chip off the old block
• chip on shoulder
• chip on your shoulder
• chocolate box
• choke off
• choke off something
• choke up
• choke you up
• chop and change
• Chop chop!
• chosen few
• chunk of change
• churn out