pinch point

noun

1. a traffic-calming measure in which the road narrows to one lane, with a sign indicating which oncoming driver should give way

Example Sentences

The Home Office source said "courts are definitely a pinch point and we do need the MoJ to step up and help us with that".

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Newquay Foodbank said the summer holidays were "a real pinch point" and one in four young children were at risk of needing a food bank.

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It is located at a strategically important pinch point leading on to the Red Sea and Suez Canal - one of the world's most important shipping routes.

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The Fosters pick up the necessities at the PCH pinch point.

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“It’s a pinch point for them when offices aren’t open,” Fuller said.

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