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tight spot
noun as in bind
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in corner
noun as in difficult situation
Weak match
noun as in pickle
noun as in pinch
Strongest match
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in scrape
Example Sentences
In “The Crucified Priest,” the wife of a master carver and her cleric paramour are caught on a tight spot.
The natural instinct is to seek some sort of swing mechanism that can get them out of a tight spot in the labor market.
If there should be a tight spot between these two gears it will react disadvantageously on the magneto.
They might be in a tight spot but she had confidence that the angular, capable cowboy would be able to pull them through.
One of mine was something I had said about Lyndon a long time ago—that he's a good man in a tight spot.
"Well Squire, that is a pretty tight spot, that's sartin," said Guthrie.
He fought himself every waking hour, knowing that he had a weakness of becoming confused in a tight spot.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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