HyperDic: hard_up

English > 1 sense of the expression hard up:
ADJECTIVEallhard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinchednot having enough money to pay for necessities
English > hard up: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningnot having enough money to pay for necessities.
Synonymsimpecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched
BroaderpoorHaving little money or few possessions
Spanishmenesteroso, necesitado, pelado, pobre
Catalannecessitat, pelat, pobre, que no té diners

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