be pressed to do something

be pressed to do something
have difficulty doing something.
press

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  • be hard-pressed (to do something) — phrase used for saying that something is difficult to do or is unlikely to happen You’d be hard pressed to meet a nicer person. Thesaurus: difficult to do and involving a lot of effortsynonym Main entry: hard pressed …   Useful english dictionary

  • be hard pressed to do something — be hard put/pressed/pushed/to do something phrase to find it very difficult to do something I think the Conservatives will be hard put to gain support. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a difficult situationsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • (be) hard pressed to do something — be ˌhard ˈpressed/ˈpushed to do sth | be hard ˈput (to it) to do sth idiom to find it very difficult to do sth • He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance. Main entry: ↑hardidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • Something/Anything? — Studio album by Todd Rundgren Released February 1972 …   Wikipedia

  • Pressed — Press Press, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pressing}.] [F. presser, fr. L. pressare to press, fr. premere, pressum, to press. Cf. {Print}, v.] 1. To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pressed brick — Press Press, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pressing}.] [F. presser, fr. L. pressare to press, fr. premere, pressum, to press. Cf. {Print}, v.] 1. To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pressed for time —    If you are pressed for time, you are in a hurry or working against a very tight schedule.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you are pressed for time, you have hardly enough time to do something, so you must hurry.     Sorry, I can t… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Something in the Water — Torchwoodbook title=Something in the Water number=4 featuring=Jack Harkness Gwen Cooper Owen Harper Toshiko Sato Ianto Jones writer=Trevor Baxendale publisher=BBC Books isbn= set between= To the Last Man and Meat pages= date=6 March 2008… …   Wikipedia

  • hard-pressed — adjective a person or organization that is hard pressed does not have enough money for the things they need: An extra four million is being spent on hard pressed education services. be hard pressed (to do something) used for saying that something …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • hard-pressed — UK / US adjective a person or organization that is hard pressed does not have enough money for the things that they need • be hard pressed (to do something) used for saying that something is difficult to do or is unlikely to happen You d be hard… …   English dictionary

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