hard put
Speech parts
1. hard put - Adjective
2. hard put - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
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distressed companies need loans and technical advice
financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices
we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment
found themselves in a bad way financially
"I am so sick of re-reading this one that I'll be hard put to smile when it comes to doing public readings from it.
I’m all in favor of dancing, but I’m hard put to see how it will make a political difference.