I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a credit crunch/squeeze (= a situation in which people are not allowed as much credit as before )
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Due to a credit squeeze, interest rates rose.
credit crunch
crunch/grind the gears (= change gear in a way that makes an unpleasant noise )
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He crunched the gears into reverse.
number crunching
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
cash
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Despite this cash crunch , Simpson may yet find a way to at least postpone payment of his debts to the plaintiffs.
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The cash crunch also prevented the family from fully stocking its remaining stores.
credit
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That would cause a severe credit crunch .
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A credit crunch is the name economists give to a sudden reluctance among banks to lend money.
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Typically, a credit crunch happens when banks start to worry about the creditworthiness of their borrowers.
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The consequences for severely indebted countries are dire: higher interest rates for many, and a credit crunch .
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This demand on the international capital markets raises interest rates, aggravating the problems of debt and credit crunch .
time
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Many families face a time crunch , but experts disagree on the extent to which average working hours have increased.
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Acknowledging the time crunch , Rep.
■ VERB
come
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I don't know if I want to marry him, or if I will whenever it comes to the crunch .
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When it comes to the crunch , you won't have time to start thinking about what to do next.
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If it comes to the crunch , going in would seem to me the lesser evil.
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And it came to the crunch in April, I was on a death wish.
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Now come the real crunch figures: the projected plan benefits at maturity.
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However, when it comes to the crunch you will probably find yourself writing round to agencies asking for an interview.
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And here we come to the crunch - the core of the paradox.
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Ramsay and Fraser reckoned that perhaps one-third might desert Dunbar when it came to the crunch .
hear
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She could almost hear the crunch they made.
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You jam your foot on the brie as you hear a horrible crunch from behind the car.
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Suddenly, from behind, I heard the crunch of rubble.
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He heard a crunch or two and saw the headlights where he knew there wasn't a road.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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At crunch time the team really pulled together.
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I heard the crunch of footsteps on gravel road outside.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Actually, the crunch did come, and the liberals never lifted a finger to save us.
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First though it's rugby and crunch time in the Courage League tomorrow.
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If it comes to the crunch , going in would seem to me the lesser evil.
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Millions of otherwise serviceable computers today are suffering from space crunch .
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My footsteps made a satisfactory crunch on a gravel path and I was aware at once that the satyr's footsteps had halted.
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There was the crunch of his feet rapidly moving away over the snow and she felt her tense muscles relax.
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While that supply crunch has eased, prices are still benefiting to some extent, traders say.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
gravel
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He allowed the car to move slowly forward, the tyres crunching against the gravel road.
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Steps crunched on the roadside gravel as some one came around to the back.
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It crunched round on the gravel in front of the house then sped off through the gates scattering white stones.
number
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Despite his off-course number crunching , he was, in the main, a feel player, not a technician.
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I can find Frieze invaluable for capturing graphical output from number crunching software.
numbers
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Linked together, they can crunch numbers as fast as any mainframe, but at a fraction of the cost.
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They crunch those numbers with their calculators and spreadsheets.
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Though they crunch the same numbers and speak to the same executives, the agencies' analysts have reached markedly different conclusions.
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She lived for the day when she could crunch numbers in the dry air of West Texas.
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The computer then crunches all the numbers and churns out not only the winner but the final score.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Broken window glass crunched under foot.
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He drank his orange juice and crunched a half burnt piece of toast.
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Jill was reading the paper, crunching a raw carrot as she read.
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Kids were crunching graham crackers and drinking juice.
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Miguel, crunching on a mouthful of chips, wiped the cheese from his beard.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He staggered round the rear of the couch, feet crunching in plaster, and sat down.
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No, the sound of crunching from the hallway confirmed that Holmes was having a remote control snack.
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She popped a fragment of biscuit into her mouth and crunched it primly with her front teeth.
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The Don Eusebio crunched into the Zamboanga wharf at noon, four hours behind schedule.
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The room was lit by a red light from the burning houses behind it as Anne crunched over broken crockery and plaster.
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They crunch those numbers with their calculators and spreadsheets.
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We walked along in silence, the snow crunching beneath our feet.