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Definition of Hard put
1. Adjective. Facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty. "Found themselves in a bad way financially"
Definition of Hard put
1. Adjective. To be in a situation that is difficult to resolve. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hard Put
Literary usage of Hard put
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr, with a by Herodotus, Henry Cary, Johann Christian Felix Bähr (1852)
"They, however, though hard put to it, executed the order imposed on them. 121.
At Acanthus Xerxes dismissed the ships from his presence to proceed on their ..."
2. Diary, of Thomas Burton, Esq. Member in the Parliaments of Oliver and by Thomas Burton, Goddard, Guibon (1828)
"I have heard very wise men say, that they think themselves so hard put This Treaty
was soon followed by " A Secret Article, or Declaration of the States of ..."
3. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts by Massachusetts County Court (Essex County), George Francis Dow (1921)
"John Atkinson of Newbury, being the reputed father of Sarah Stickney's last child,
complained that he is hard put to it to pay all charges, ..."
4. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"... lordship's court enemies, the The Earl of Sunderland in particular, were hard
put rhinoceros. lie of the to it to find, or invent, something to report, ..."
5. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
".THAN. hard put Follett 1966 calls hard put an unidiomatic clipped form of hard
put to it; Bernstein 1965 accepts either form. ..."
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