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pressed for time

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pressed for time
feeling that you have to hurry and are late. I was pressed for time to finish my business and catch my plane.
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The cab was already at the park gate and Robert Darzac was begging Frederic Larsan to open it for him, explaining that he was pressed for time to catch the next train leaving Epinay for Paris.
Sabin remarked, "sounds inviting, but I am somewhat pressed for time.
We naturally drew back and glanced at our conductress, who had been trying to open the house-door with a key she had taken from her pocket, and to whom Richard now said that as we had had the pleasure of seeing where she lived, we would leave her, being pressed for time.
 
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