How to pronounce “hard up”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• (colloquial) Lacking money; impecunious; in financial difficulties.
• (colloquial) Lacking anything.
• (colloquial, by extension) Desperate.
• [Verb]
• Synonym of harden up (to become or make hard)

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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