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Appropriate, in slang

• ___ me! I must be dreaming!

• Collar

• Arrest

• Be too tight

• Bit of salt

• Cause a little pain

• Emergency

• Emergency: Colloq.

• Goose

• Nab

• Pilfer

• Playful punishment for not wearing green on St. Patrick's Day

• Press tightly between the fingers

• Problem with tight shoes

• Recipe amount

• Recipe bit

• Salt quantity

• Salt unit

• Seasoning amount

• Slap inducer, perhaps

• Small amount

• Small quantity of salt

• Smidgen

• Squeeze tight

• Tight circumstance

• Tiny bit of salt

• Tough spot

• A painful or straitened circumstance

• The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

• A squeeze with the fingers

• Small sharp biting

• An injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed

• A small but appreciable amount

• A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action