hard up
Intermediate (B1) informal
Not having enough money; being poor or in financial trouble.
"We were quite hard up when the children were young, so holidays were a rare luxury."
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Hard up court.
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How are you that hard up, Tesco?
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Oh, man, you were so hard up you you practically came
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and hard up as you are to find a good girlfriend.
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It's like proteins, like can't hard up a peanut, but they do.