hard up

adjective

informal

Definition

› having very little money: We're a bit hard up at the moment so we're not thinking in terms of holidays. [before noun] hard-up pensionersPoverty and poor

(Definition of hard up adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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