The designated start point for a high-stakes task, a major concrete pour, or a heavy production push. It marks the transition from preparation and waiting to active, continuous labor where mistakes are costly and stopping is not an option. Supervisors use the phrase to focus the crew and signal that all casual talk must end.
Heard on the job
Mixers are pulling into the yard in five minutes, so finish your coffee because it's go time.
Also heard as
- crunch time