hard up

/hɑrd əp/
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Other forms: harder up; hardest up

Definitions of hard up
  1. adjective
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
    synonyms: impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched
    poor
    having little money or few possessions
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