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Meanings of pinch in English
The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
Synonyms
Examples for "touch"
Examples for "touch"
1
And that's the problem: the law is out of touch with reality.
2
The One Power won't work here; they can't touch the True Source.
3
Photo: Instagram Physical touch is essential for our physical and emotional health.
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Cameras, gyroscopic controls, touch pads: they were all used to good effect.
5
In times of great need, we often touch abilities beyond the everyday.
1
She did, however, drop a hint about a possible new television role.
2
Taking her hint, Agent Showers said, The kidnapping happened three days ago.
3
No hint of land marred the perfect line between sea and sky.
4
The week just ended, however, could hint at the market's next trend.
5
This week we got a hint that perhaps the answer is no.
1
Immediately, a great trunk extended from the speck and into the future.
2
The profane words are but a speck in a sea of monosyllables.
3
He saw a speck moving across the plains north, toward the river.
4
Andrea watched until the mere speck in the distance had completely disappeared.
5
The Sea Eagle now was but the merest speck on the ocean.
1
Right at this moment, though, I felt a strong tinge of regret.
2
The colonel's hand had taken on a blue tinge from the pressure.
3
The tinge of real danger undoubtedly added to Hill's prestige and authority.
4
The edge of the union has a decidedly green tinge these days.
5
There was a speculative tinge in the operations of this landed aristocracy.
1
Researchers believe a recently-discovered mite may help end the country's wasp problem.
2
I was a mite young but only by a year or two.
3
This was a case of the bankers' billions versus the worker's mite.
4
It requires one be a mite...flexible, shall we say, in one's morals.
5
He ejected used cartridges from his mite gun and inserted new ones.
1
Not that it made one jot of difference in the long run.
2
The darkness deepens; scarcely can I jot down a few hurried notes.
3
There's not a jot of scientific evidence that it can help anything.
4
Despite huge international success, that tangle-haired teenage maverick hasn't changed a jot.
5
The numbers should not be altered one jot by the takeover approach.
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I say, bring back Inspector Wexford, and a soupcon of common sense.
2
Its soupcon of glamour explains why so many people find it hard to resist.
3
But he's held on to his sense of humour, boosted by a soupcon of irreverence.
4
Nod to people on all points of the political spectrum … Add a soupcon of alliteration.
5
This, with the soupcon of a demi-shrug; "You will not suffer much" being implied.
Portuguese
urgência Catalan
emergència Usage of pinch in English
1
For example, left hand to blue crimp, right foot to green pinch.
2
Union members feel the economic pinch and so they need wage increases.
3
It is not just soccer in Europe that is feeling the pinch.
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So in some pricey places, the new limits will really pinch borrowers.
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Curbing that enthusiasm with a pinch of realism is another matter however.
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And not all areas would feel the pinch in the same way.
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I still can't believe it, please pinch me, Jesus said in Miami.
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In France the smallest pinch of magic seems to make the N.C.O.
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I've been going a long time, and one pinch would end everything.
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It's a long time with legends and players alike feeling the pinch.
11
Feel free to pinch any of the below and switch your background.
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Wal-Mart's shoppers are feeling the pinch as unemployment remains at high levels.
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The devices are 'on' state when performing as the pinch off devices.
14
At that moment, I felt a sharp pinch on my left buttock.
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Bell said that some households would feel the pinch more than others.
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That course, if persisted in, would pinch the yacht in dangerous waters.
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Pinch through the time
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