circumstance : Idioms & Phrases


in straitened circumstances

  • adjective satellite not having enough money to pay for necessities
    pinched; penurious; penniless; impecunious; hard up.
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mitigating circumstance

  • noun (law) a circumstance that does not exonerate a person but which reduces the penalty associated with the offense
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Not a circumstance

  • of no account. Colloq.
Webster 1913

Under the circumstances

  • adverb because of prevailing conditions
    • under the circumstances I cannot buy the house
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  • taking all things into consideration.
Webster 1913