Usually means: Struggling to find or achieve.
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  1. hard put: Merriam-Webster
  2. hard put: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hard put: Vocabulary.com
  4. hard-put: Wordnik
  5. hard put: Wiktionary
  6. hard-put, hard put: Dictionary.com
  7. hard put: Rhymezone
  8. hard put: FreeDictionary.org
  9. hard put: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. hard put: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hard put: Encyclopedia

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  1. hard put: Idioms

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  1. hard put: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hard put)

▸ adjective:  In a situation that is difficult to resolve.

Similar:
hard-pressed, troubled, distressed, in a bad way, in trouble, hardpressed, hard-set, hard hit, hard, hard up, more...

Opposite:
easy, effortless, simple, uncomplicated

Phrases:
be hard put, be hard put to it, been hard put, been hard put to it, being hard put, more...

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Similar:
hard-pressed, troubled, distressed, in a bad way, in trouble, hardpressed, hard-set, hard hit, hard, hard up, more...

Opposite:
easy, effortless, simple, uncomplicated

Phrases:
be hard put, be hard put to it, been hard put, been hard put to it, being hard put, being hard put to it, is hard put, is hard put to it, was hard put, was hard put to it, were hard put, were hard put to it, more...



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