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crunch time
noun
: the most important time in a game, event, etc. : a critical moment
Full Definition of CRUNCH TIME
: a critical moment or period (as near the end of a game) when decisive action is needed
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First Known Use of CRUNCH TIME
1976
Related to CRUNCH TIME
- Synonyms
- boiling point, breaking point, clutch, conjuncture, crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, emergency, Dunkirk, exigency, extremity, flash point, head, juncture, tinderbox, zero hour
Rhymes with CRUNCH TIME
airtime, all-time, bedtime, begrime, big time, big-time, birdlime, buy time, call time, cut time, daytime, downtime, dreamtime, drive time, enzyme, eye rhyme, face time, flextime, foretime, free-climb, full-time, half dime, halftime, hang time, hate crime, hill climb, in time, key lime, lifetime, longtime, lunchtime, make time, Mannheim, mark time, Maytime, mealtime, meantime, Mülheim, nighttime, noontime, old-time, onetime, on time, part-time, pastime, peacetime, Pforzheim, playtime, post time, prime time, quicklime, quick time, ragtime, real time, rock climb, schooltime, seedtime, showtime, sight rhyme, small-time, sometime, Sondheim, space-time, springtime, sublime, teatime, two-time, uptime, Waldheim, war crime, wartime, wind chime
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