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in a jam

in a jam prepositional phrase: to be in a difficult situation or predicament.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To be in a difficult situation or predicament.

Questions about in a jam

What does in a jam mean?
In a jam means to be in a difficult situation or predicament.
What part of speech is in a jam?
In a jam is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in a jam in the dictionary

  1. in a fog
  2. in a heartbeat
  3. in a hen's hiney
  4. in a huff
  5. in a hurry
  6. in a jam
  7. in a jiffy
  8. in a lather
  9. in a league of one's own
  10. in a little while
  11. in a major key

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