tight squeeze

tight squeeze (plural tight squeezes)

1. (idiomatic) A small amount of space shared by numerous people or things
   • 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:

     Jem held up the bottom wire and motioned Dill under it. I followed, and held up the wire for Jem. It was a tight squeeze for him.

2. (idiomatic) A small amount of time in which something is to be done or attained