Sekirov Dictionary

hard up

adjective 3
verb 1
forms 7

adjective3

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(informal) Lacking money; impecunious; in financial difficulties.
- I can speak with authority on the subject of being hard up. I have been a provincial actor. If further evidence be required, which I do not think likely, […] — 1886
•
(informal) Lacking anything.
- We were hard up for amusements.
•
(informal) Desperate.
- Dating him? She must be hard up.

verb1

Synonym of harden up (to become or make hard)

forms

harded up · harding up · hards up · more hard up · more hard-up · most hard up · most hard-up

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