adj. , informal Without enough money or some other needed thing. Dick was hard up and asked Lou to lend him a dollar. The campers were hard up for water because their well had run dry.
Compare: UP AGAINST IT.
adj. , informal Without enough money or some other needed thing. Dick was hard up and asked Lou to lend him a dollar. The campers were hard up for water because their well had run dry.
Compare: UP AGAINST IT.
American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012