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fall on hard times

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fall on hard times

Fig. to experience difficult times, especially financially. Since the war, her family had fallen on hard times. We fell on hard times during the recession.

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fall on hard times

to be in a very difficult period When he fell on hard times, he worked for a while in a local store.

Usage notes: usually used to describe a period in which someone has lost a job and has too little money

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fall on hard times

to have difficulties because you suddenly do not have any money Millions of workers fell on hard times during the great depression of the 1930s.

See also: fall, hard, on, times