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Rarehard up
The correct spelling is hard up.
How to pronounce hard up
adjective
Say it like: Har-d u-p
The correct spelling is hard up. Lacking money; impecunious; in financial difficulties. For example: "We were hard up for amusements."
Usage Examples
“We were hard up for amusements.”
“Dating him? She must be hard up.”
Definition
adjective
- 1.Lacking money; impecunious; in financial difficulties.
- 2.Lacking anything.
- 3.(by extension) Desperate.
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