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Come in clutch

When someone comes in at a time with something that u rlly needed
Dr.Nezzie better come in clutch with the 2 hour delay tmr
by Gcmshater December 18, 2019
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clutching at straws

Out of desparation, the act of reaching or stretching for a solution, no matter how irrational or inconsequential. Literally - a drowning person who, unable to find any substantial floatation immediately at had, attempts to save himself from certain death by grabbing hold of a few stray pieces of straw floating on the water within arm's length.
The Senator from Florida, caught red-handed sending lewd and lascivious text messages to underage male pages, was clutching at straws for an alibi and escape. Alcoholism? Resignation?
by Mark Caruso October 17, 2006
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much in the clutch

When someone is perfect under pressure when it really matters.
Dwayne Wade was much in the clutch when he made the buzzer beater 3 to win the game
by s-dog freeland May 16, 2011
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pearl clutcher

An uptight person, usually but not always female, usually but not always of conservative mores, who reacts with shock, feigned or otherwise, at other people's violations of decorum, propriety, morality, and so forth.
Someone got up at the PTA meeting and suggested the school hand out condoms to teenagers. The pearl clutchers in the audience nearly went into cardiac arrest.
by Emdeecee January 3, 2008
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pearl-clutcher

An extremely easily-offended person, especially to the point of histrionic screaming and grandstanding.
Twitter used to be great, but then all the pearl-clutchers discovered it.
by Nixie Flatline February 7, 2018
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clutch kill

The game-saving kill that makes the difference between losing and winning the match, often occurs in the very last seconds of a game or in overtime
With 2 seconds left on the clock, Buckwheat pulls off a clutch kill, winning the game for his team by a single point.
by whydammitwhy January 8, 2010
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clutchbomb

an unfortunate turn of events. A situation that starts out positive and comes crashing down in flames. Or when one person's chances for success are destroyed by another person's actions, often unintentially.
I was on my way to the ball game, when I got a flat tire. That took me an hour to fix and by the time I got home, my roommates clutchbombed me by drinking all my beer.

My plane ticket was sitting on the counter, but my mom thought it was clutter and threw it in the trash, what a clutchbomb!

He was waiting for the girl from the other night to call him back, but his brother found his phone sitting out, answered it and told her she was fat. It was the ultimate clutchbomb!
by Fastball35 December 23, 2009
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