hard up
Example Sentences
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And while we can't know for sure, it's likely that #2 Smith Court, hard up against the African Meeting House, was the final home Rebecca shared with Wyatt.
From Scientific American • Nov. 2, 2023
By the way, not all the £110m will go to hard up motorists dumping their cars.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2023
Crawford lined one hard up the middle that just eluded the grasp of Neto and bring home Pollock and make it 5-2.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2023
The de Celises were hard up when they sold their property in the 1870s to a man named Charles Maclay.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2022
The wind didn’t blow as hard up there as it did on the clay flats.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
