be hard pressed / pushed to do sth | be hard ˈput (to it) to do sth
to find it very difficult to do sth :
He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.
be hard pressed / pushed to do sth | be hard ˈput (to it) to do sth
to find it very difficult to do sth :
He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005