Found 1 items, similar to hard put.
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Definition: hard put
hard put
adj : facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty;
“the
troubled car industry”;
“distressed companies need
loans and technical advice”;
“financially hard-pressed
Mexican hotels are lowering their prices”;
“we were
hard put to meet the mortgage paymentng”;
“it was
apparent that the magazine was in trouble”;
“found
themselves in a bad way financially” [syn:
distressed,
hard-pressed,
in a bad way(p),
in trouble(p)]