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no pressure

no pressure phrase: the situation at hand is rife with emotional pressure.

Phrase

no pressure

  1. (idiomatic) The situation at hand is rife with emotional pressure.
    • Your boss wants to give the board a quick run-down our project in half an hour. Just five minutes and some question time. No pressure.

Noun

no pressure

  1. An absence of social expectations about one's behavior or performance in a situation.
    • We strive to create a no-pressure environment in which your child can fulfill her potential.

Questions about no pressure

What does no pressure mean?
No pressure means the situation at hand is rife with emotional pressure.
What part of speech is no pressure?
No pressure can be a phrase or a noun.

Words near no pressure in the dictionary

  1. no picnic
  2. no place
  3. no plan survives contact with the enemy
  4. no plan survives first contact with the enemy
  5. no poo
  6. no pressure
  7. no prize for guessing
  8. no prize pig
  9. no prizes for guessing
  10. no prob
  11. no problem

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