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crunch time

noun

Definitions

  1. A critical period of time during which it is necessary to work hard and fast.

    • His decision on cluster munitions, which drew scorn from progressives in Congress, is indicative of a sense in Washington that the war is reaching crunch time as Ukraine wages a slow but steady counter-offensive.

  2. The last few minutes of play in the fourth quarter.

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No curated loop yet for crunch time. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA