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hard-pressed
adjective
in difficulties
the swimmer was hard-pressed
subject to severe competition
subject to severe attack
closely pursued
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hard-pressed1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
"Extra investment in public transport must also focus on cutting fares for hard-pressed families being clobbered by a cost of living crisis."
And given budget constraints, California will be hard-pressed to do more for caregivers and those who need care.
Scottish Conservative finance spokesman Craig Hoy said: "The black hole the SNP have overseen in local authority budgets means hard-pressed taxpayers are now paying more and more but getting less and less in return."
Their economic impact is obvious, and the Golden State would be hard-pressed to keep our status as a world-competing financial power without their labor.
It is an enormous and risky pivot, for the character and the story; if viewers don’t believe this scene, they will be hard-pressed to accept the Aunt Lydia of “The Testaments.”
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