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Значение идиомы hard up
[hard up] {adj.}, {informal} Without enough money or some otherneeded thing.
Dick was hard up and asked Lou to lend him a dollar.
The campers were hard up for water because their well had run dry.
Compare: UP AGAINST IT.





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