Usually means: Useful when urgently needing something.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word in a pinch:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. in a pinch: Merriam-Webster
  2. in a pinch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. in a pinch: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. in a pinch: Wiktionary
  5. Pinch, in a: The Word Detective
  6. in a pinch: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. in a pinch: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. in a pinch: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. in a pinch: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. in a pinch: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. in a pinch: Urban Dictionary



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