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91hard-pressed — adj. difficult; under pressure; with difficulty. I d be hard pressed to loan you any money because I ve got so little …
92hard-pressed — ► ADJECTIVE 1) closely pursued. 2) in difficulties …
93hard-pressed — [härd′prest′] adj. confronted with a difficulty or harassment …
94hard-pressed — adjective facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty (Freq. 1) distressed companies need loans and technical advice financially hard pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment found… …
95be hard pressed — To be at a loss (to manage something), be in a jam • • • Main Entry: ↑press …
96be 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 …
97com|pressed-air — compressed air, air that has been put under extra pressure so that it has a great deal of force when released. Compressed air is used to operate certain kinds of brakes, drills, guns, sprayers, and atomizers, and to inflate tires. com|pressed air …
98com|pressed — «kuhm PREHST», adjective. 1. squeezed together; made smaller by pressure; condensed: »Figurative. When the I.C.B.M. program was accelerated…it was geared to a timetable so compressed it was viewed as wildly optimistic (New York Times). 2. Botany …
99cy|pressed — «SY pruhst», adjective. planted with cypress trees …
100ob|com|pressed — «OB kuhm PREHST», adjective. Biology. compressed or flattened in the opposite of the usual direction …
