hard put

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adjective

facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
distressed, hard-pressed, in a bad way
• Similar to:
troubled