pushed /pʊʃt/ BrE AmE adjective [not before noun] British English informal
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ push , ↑ pusher , ↑ pushiness ; adjective : ↑ pushed , ↑ pushy ; verb : ↑ push ]
1 . be pushed for time/money etc to not have much time, money etc SYN pressed :
I’m a bit pushed for time today.
2 . too busy:
I’d love to help, but I’m a bit pushed at the moment.
3 . be (hard) pushed to do something to have a lot of difficulty doing something:
I was hard pushed to keep my mind on my work.