in a tight spot
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in a tight spot also in a tough 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: in a bind

See also: spot, tight

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If you have been suffering from hemorrhoids often, I e it comes and goes away and comes back again, you are in a tough spot. Do All Hemorrhoid Treatments Give Results? by Sri Hari / Health care industry community We are in a tough spot and have two options - walk away and hide, or roll up our sleeves and dig in and there's no way I'm ducking that challenge. GARETH MAY HAVE TO SELL STEW; IN ASSOCIATION WITH SETANTA SPORTS by The Mirror (London, England) The IMF said the global economy was in a tough spot, but added that the outlook had improved after the slowdown in the first quarter was not as sharp as expected. World weathers the credit crunch better than expected - IMF; in ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			in a little bit in a mad rush in a manner of speaking in a month of Sundays in a New York minute in a nut shell in a nutshell in a pickle in a pig's eye In a pig's eye! in a pinch in a pique in a quandary in a row in a rut in a second in a sense in a snit in a spot in a stage whisper in a stew in a stupor in a sweat in a tight spot in a tizzy in a tough spot in a twit in a twitter in a vacuum in a vicious circle in a way in a word in a world of own in abeyance in absentia in accord in accordance with in action in addition in advance in agreement in all but name in all likelihood in all modesty in all my born days in all probability in an age of years in an interesting condition in an ivory tower in and of itself in any case			in a quandary in a quandary in a row in a row in a row in a rut in a second in a sense in a sense in a sense in a sense in a sense In a Silent Way In A Similar Manner in a similar way In A single Round in a snit in a split second in a spot in a stage whisper in a state of action in a state of flux In a state of nature in a state of uncertainty in a stew In a stound in a stupor in a sweat in a tight spot in a tizzy in a tough spot in a twinkling in a twinkling in a twit in a twitter in a twitter in a twitter in a vacuum in a vicious circle in a way in a way in a way in a way in a way In A While Crocodile in a wink in a wink in a wink in a word in a word in a word in a word in a word in a world of own in abeyance in abeyance in absentia in absentia in absentia in absentia In Absentia (album)

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