hard put to



hard put to do something

finding something difficult to do None of the family I was staying with spoke English and I was hard put to recall my high school French. You'd be hard put to find any other college students more deserving of the award.
See also: hard, put

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Able['eibl]
TonČI-Croatian
MaeghanMEG-ənEnglish (Rare)
Navin-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam
John[dʒɔn]
Franciscofrahn-THEES-ko (Spanish), frahn-SEES-ko (Latin American Spanish), frən-SEESH-koo (Portuguese)Spanish, Portuguese