in a pinch in English

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          "word": "when push comes to shove"
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          "sense": "in a difficult situation",
          "word": "when the chips are down"
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          "word": "when the gloves come off"
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          "word": "at a pinch"
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          "code": "ar",
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          "sense": "in a difficult situation",
          "word": "الشده"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "in a difficult situation",
          "word": "在緊要關頭"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "zài jǐnyào guāntóu",
          "sense": "in a difficult situation",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "in a difficult situation",
          "word": "à la rigueur"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a difficult situation",
          "word": "à la limite"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in a difficult situation",
          "word": "im Notfall"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in a difficult situation",
          "word": "notfalls"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in a difficult situation",
          "word": "zur Not"
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          "alt": "いざというときに",
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          "sense": "in a difficult situation",
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          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "in a difficult situation",
          "word": "iš bėdos"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in a difficult situation",
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          "sense": "in a difficult situation",
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          "roman": "v trúdnuju minútu",
          "sense": "in a difficult situation",
          "word": "в тру́дную мину́ту"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "v slúčaje nuždý",
          "sense": "in a difficult situation",
          "word": "в слу́чае нужды́"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "v krájnem slúčaje",
          "sense": "in a difficult situation",
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a difficult situation",
          "word": "en un apuro"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "in a difficult situation",
          "word": "om det kniper"
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      "word": "when push comes to shove"
    },
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      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "when the chips are down"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "when the gloves come off"
    },
    {
      "word": "at a pinch"
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      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "الشده"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "在緊要關頭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zài jǐnyào guāntóu",
      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "在紧要关头"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "pinteessä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "à la rigueur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "à la limite"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "im Notfall"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "notfalls"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "zur Not"
    },
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      "alt": "いざというときに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iza toyū toki-ni",
      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "いざと言う時に"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "iš bėdos"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "w ostateczności"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "em caso de emergência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v trúdnuju minútu",
      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "в тру́дную мину́ту"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v slúčaje nuždý",
      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "в слу́чае нужды́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v krájnem slúčaje",
      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "в кра́йнем слу́чае"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "en un apuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in a difficult situation",
      "word": "om det kniper"
    }
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  "word": "in a pinch"
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"in a pinch" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase