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hard up

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hard up (for something)
greatly in need of something, especially money. Ann was hard up for cash to pay the bills. I was so hard up, I couldn't afford to buy food.
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You don't feel nearly so hard up with eleven pence in your pocket as you do with a shilling.
 
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