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in a tight spot

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in a tight spot
in a difficult situation. If there is a shortage of fuel, everyone who drives to work will be in a tight spot. Bob's in a tight spot right now because he has fallen behind in his work.
Related vocabulary: put someone/something in a hole, in a bind
See also: spot, tight


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No, your crush isn't blood-related, but you guys are bound as family members, which puts you in a tight spot.
That can put general counsel, whose salaries come straight from company coffers and whose stock holdings increase in value when the company does well, in a tight spot.
com online delivery service was in a tight spot, being driven out of business by the 800-pound gorilla of Webvan.
 
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