at a pinch

Related to at a pinch: get to the bottom of, take a stab at something

at a pinch

Said of a challenging, but potentially workable, situation. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Sir, I think we can get you on that flight at a pinch, as long as you don't mind waiting around.
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at a pinch

BRITISH or

in a pinch

AMERICAN
COMMON If it is possible to do something at a pinch, it can just be done if it is absolutely necessary. Allow an hour for the dish to stand when it comes out of the oven, but 10-15 minutes will do at a pinch. The ballroom could easily handle two hundred chairs, more in a pinch.
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

at a pinch

if necessary; in an emergency.
A North American variant of this expression is in a pinch .
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at a ˈpinch/ˈpush

(British English) (American English in a ˈpinch) (informal) possible if you try very hard or if it is absolutely necessary: We usually only accept 55 guests but at a pinch, we could take 60.
See also: pinch, push
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See also:
  • at a pinch/push
  • half-inch
  • pinch one off
  • be up a/the creek (without a paddle)
  • be up the creek without a paddle
  • a hair in the butter
  • batten down the hatches
  • batten down the hatches, to
  • be no bed of roses
  • bear (one's) cross