feel the pinch
to have financial difficulties, especially because you are not making as much money as you used to make

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feel the pinch
to experience the effect of having less money.
Consumers have felt the pinch of higher gasoline prices.

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feel the pinch
to have problems caused by having too little money
The family is beginning to feel the pinch since the husband lost his job.

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feel the pinch
v. phr. To be short of money; experience monetary difficulties.
If we are going to have a recession, everybody will feel the pinch.

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