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pressed for time

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*pressed for time

 and *pushed for time

Fig. needing time; in a hurry. (*Typically: be ~; become ~; get ~; Seem ~.) If I weren't so pressed for time, I could help you. I can't talk to you. I'm too pushed for time. Can't talk to you now. I'm pressed for time.

See also: press, time

pressed for time

feeling that you have to hurry and are late I was pressed for time to finish my business and catch my plane.

See also: press, time

pressed for time

In a hurry, as in How long will it take? I'm really pressed for time. This idiom uses press in the sense of "subject to pressure," a usage dating from the late 1600s.

See also: press, time

pressed for time

In a hurry; under time pressure.

See also: press, time