be hard up
Example Sentences
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George laughs gruffly: “You lot must be hard up for heroes.”
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2018
The finding that loneliness can be contagious also caught some readers off-guard—wouldn't lonely souls be hard up for people to infect?
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2010
"I know what it is to be hard up," Mordaunt answered.
From The Rocks of Valpre by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
It will be a parterre or a fourth-floor room, rather gloomy and rather shabby, but a possible room for a student who happens to be hard up.
From Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.
"By George!" he murmured to himself, "we shan't be hard up for a hiding-place here."
From Jack Haydon's Quest by Jellicoe, John
