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hard put

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hard put (to do something)

 and hard pressed (to do something)

able to do something only with great difficulty. I'm hard put to come up with enough money to pay the rent. I get hard put like that about once a month.

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hard put

Undergoing great difficulty: Under the circumstances, he was hard put to explain himself.

See also: hard, put