Meaning The period of time just before a project has to be completed.
Usage Worldwide.
Example
- The exam is tomorrow and I need to pass - it's crunch time for me.
Pronunciation
Idiom
Crunch time
What does "Crunch time" mean?
The period of time just before a project has to be completed.
Crunch time
Sir Winston Churchill coined and often used the expression ‘it comes to the crunch’ and this is the source of the ‘crunch time’ variant.