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hard upˌhard ˈup adjective   - Scott was pretty hard up, so I lent him $20.
having very little money at the present time► hard up informal having little money at the present time and being unable to buy the things that you need: · I'm a little hard up just now -- can I pay you back next week?· She was so hard up that she couldn't afford to heat her apartment. ► broke informal having no money at the moment: · We're always broke at the end of the month.· Lawrence was so broke he had to wear the same suit to work every day.flat broke (=completely broke): · He turned up at my house yesterday, flat broke and hungry. ► skint British spoken having no money at all: · I'm really skint -- you couldn't lend me a few quid could you?· At that time I was skint, and I would have taken any job I could get. ► be down on your luck informal to have had bad luck over a long period of time so that you now have very little money: · We bought the necklace from an old man who was down on his luck and in need of a penny or two. 1if you are hard up, you do not have much money:  I’m a bit hard up at the moment.2not having something that you want or need: ‘How about a date with Tom?’ ‘No, thanks, I’m not that hard up.’hard up for The media are obviously hard up for stories. |