Must
Must noun - Something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable.
Pinch
Pinch noun - An instance of theft.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| big | big must | big pinch |
| absolute | absolute must | absolute pinch |
| few | few must | few pinch |
| occasional | occasional must | occasional pinch |
Common collocations
| little | must little | pinch little |
Both words in one sentence
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Considering that she's a phone sex operator, one must take it with a pinch of salt.
Source: Series / The X-Files - The only hard an fast rule is that they must sleep in their native soil (although their own unwashed sheets will work in a pinch).
Source: Literature / A Fable of Tonight - As you fight, your equipment slowly accrues damage that must be repaired by merchants (or, in a pinch, by an expensive repair kit).
Source: Breakable Weapons
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