hard up

1. In need, poor, as in Unemployment is rising and many families are hard up, or With widespread emigration, Russia is finding itself hard up for scientists and other professional people. [Colloquial; early 1800s]

Example Sentences

And although wages are up, any pollster will tell you swathes of voters feel hard up and hard done by.

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“That’s the reason we worked hard up to this point,’ he said.

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Heywood and other capital gains tax opponents reject the notion that Washington is hard up for cash to fund public services.

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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.

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By the way, not all the £110m will go to hard up motorists dumping their cars.

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