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feel the pinch

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Be affected by hardship, especially straitened finances. For example, This job pays much less, so we're bound to feel the pinch. [Mid-1800s]

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desire, require, lack, demand, claim, miss, hunger, wish, covet, necessitate, thirst, hanker, lust, crave, long, pine, exact, yearn

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