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be hard pressed

  (British, American & Australian informal) also be hard pushed (British)

to be having difficulty doing something, especially because there is not enough time or money (usually + to do sth) I'll be hard pressed to get this report done by Friday. You'd be hard pushed to find a good car for under ￡1,000. With cuts in government funding, hospitals are hard pressed at the moment.

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