PUSHED


Meaning of PUSHED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pʊʃt ]

1.

If you are pushed for something such as time or money, you do not have enough of it. ( BRIT INFORMAL; in AM, use pressed for )

He’s going to be a bit pushed for money.

ADJ : v-link ADJ , usu ADJ for n

2.

If you are hard pushed to do something, you find it very difficult to do it. ( BRIT )

I’d be hard pushed to teach him anything.

= hard-pressed

PHRASE : V inflects

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