HARD-PRESSED
\hˈɑːdpɹˈɛst], \hˈɑːdpɹˈɛst], \h_ˈɑː_d_p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_t]\
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facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "the troubled car industry"; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage paymentng"; "it was apparent that the magazine was in trouble"; "found themselves in a bad way financially"
By Princeton University
