hard+pressed
21hard pressed — pressured, stressed, hard put …
22hard-pressed — adj burdened, weighed down, loaded, loaded down, overloaded, overburdened, overworked; harried, harassed, ground down, pushed; penned in, hemmed in, in a corner, in a tight spot, up against it, between a rock and a hard place; pressured, under… …
23hard-pressed — /hahrd prest /, adj. heavily burdened or oppressed, as by overwork or financial difficulties; harried; put upon. Also, hardpressed. [1815 25] Syn. assailed, plagued, beset, bedeviled, beleaguered. * * * …
24hard-pressed — adjective 1》 closely pursued. 2》 in difficulties …
25hard-pressed — [[t]ˈhɑrdˈprɛst[/t]] adj. heavily burdened or oppressed …
26be hard-pressed (to do something) — phrase used for saying that something is difficult to do or is unlikely to happen You’d be hard pressed to meet a nicer person. Thesaurus: difficult to do and involving a lot of effortsynonym Main entry: hard pressed …
27be hard pressed — British, American & Australian, informal, British to be having difficulty doing something, especially because there is not enough time or money. I ll be hard pressed to get this report done by Friday. (usually + to do something) You d be hard… …
28(be) hard pressed to do something — be ˌhard ˈpressed/ˈpushed to do sth | be hard ˈput (to it) to do sth idiom to find it very difficult to do sth • He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance. Main entry: ↑hardidiom …
29be hard pressed — To be at a loss (to manage something), be in a jam • • • Main Entry: ↑press …
30be hard pressed to do something — be hard put/pressed/pushed/to do something phrase to find it very difficult to do something I think the Conservatives will be hard put to gain support. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a difficult situationsynonym …
