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a period of intense pressure; a critical situation: It's crunch time for high-tech companies.Compare crunch (def. 10).
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Origin of crunch time
1975ā80
Words nearby crunch time
crumple zones, crunch, cruncher, crunchie, crunch numbers, crunch time, crunchy, crunchy-granola, crunk, crunode, cruor
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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 timeāwe only have two more days to finish. This term employs crunch in the sense of āa critical situation or test.ā [Slang; 1970s]
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