HARD PUT

Meaning of HARD PUT in English

= hard put to it

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

HARD PUT — adjective Date: 1893 barely able ; faced with difficulty or perplexity
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HARD PUT — adjective Etymology: put from past participle of put, v. : faced with difficulty or perplexity : being in a quandary …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HARD-PUT — /hahrd"poot"/ , adj. See hard (def. 55). [ 1890-95 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HARD PUT — Date: 1893 : barely able : faced with difficulty or perplexity was hard put to find an explanation
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HARD PUT — Function: adjective Date: 1893 : barely able : faced with difficulty or perplexity <was hard put to find an explanation>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HARD PUT — [hard put] adj (1893): barely able: faced with difficulty or perplexity "was hard put to find an explanation"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HARD PUT — adj. facing difficulties ~ to + inf. (she was ~ to pay her rent)
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
HARD PUT — unable to answer easily, stump me He was hard put to answer the questions on cold fission.
English Idioms vocab
HARD PUT — unable to answer easily (See stump me ) He was hard put to answer the questions on cold fission.
English Idioms vocabulary
HARD PUT — adj. In a difficult position; faced with difficulty; barely able. John was hard put to find a good excuse for …
American Idioms English vocabulary
HARD PUT — находящийся в затруднении She was hard put to pay her rent. ≈ Ей было трудно платить за квартиру.
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HARD-PUT — (находящийся) в затруднении - he would be * to lecture ему будет трудно читать лекции
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HARD-PUT — a (находящийся) в затруднении he would be hard-put to lecture - ему будет трудно читать лекции
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HARD PUT — находящийся в затруднении She was hard put to pay her rent. — Ей было трудно платить за квартиру.
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HARD PUT — (0) в затруднении
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HARD-PUT — a (находящийся) в затруднении he would be ~ to lecture - ему будет трудно читать лекции
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HARD-PUT — a (находящийся) в затруднении he would be hard-put to lecture - ему будет трудно читать лекции
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HARD PUT — находящийся в затруднении She was hard put to pay her rent. — Ей было трудно платить за квартиру.
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HARD PUT — находящийся в затруднении She was hard put to pay her rent. — Ей было трудно платить за квартиру.
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HARD-PUT — (находящийся) в затруднении - he would be * to lecture ему будет трудно читать лекции
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HARD PUT — находящийся в затруднении She was hard put to pay her rent. ≈ Ей было трудно платить за квартиру.
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HARD — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) hard disk hard water {{link=strong and hard punishment">strong and hard punishment Townes Charles Hard
Английский словарь Британика
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUT — /poot/ , v. , put, putting , adj. , n. v.t. 1. to move or place (anything) so as to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUT — I. ˈpu̇t verb ( put ; put·ting ) Etymology: Middle English putten; akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HARD — I. ˈhärd adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English heard; akin to Old High German hart hard, Greek kratos strength …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUT — noun a certain game at cards. 2. put ·noun a pit. 3. put ·impf & ·p.p. of put. 4. put …
Webster English vocab
HARD — adv close or near. 2. hard ·adv so as to raise difficulties. 3. hard ·adv uneasily; vexatiously; slowly. 4. hard …
Webster English vocab
PUT — [put] vb put ; put.ting [ME putten; akin to OE putung instigation, MD poten to plant] vt (12c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HARD — hard BrE AmE hɑːd AmE hɑːrd ▷ harder ˈhɑːd ə AmE ˈhɑːrd ə r ▷ hardest ˈhɑːd ɪst -əst AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PUT — / pʊt; NAmE / verb ( put·ting , put , put ) [ vn ] IN PLACE / POSITION 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARD — / hɑːd; NAmE hɑːrd/ adjective , adverb ■ adjective ( hard·er , hard·est ) SOLID / STIFF 1. solid, firm …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HARD — I. hard 1 S1 W1 /hɑːd $ hɑːrd/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative harder , superlative hardest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
PUT — ( puts, putting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'put' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARD — ( harder, hardest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARD — (~er, ~est) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HARD — Synonyms and related words : Herculean, Philistine, about, absolute, abstruse, accented, acerb, acerbic, acrid, acrimonious, actively, acute, adamant, adamantine, addictive, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARD — adj. Function: adverb 1 with great or utmost force FF1C; hit the nail hard FF1E; Synonyms: energetically, forcefully, forcibly, hardly, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HARD — I. adjective 1. Synonyms: firm 2, solid Related Word: compacted, compressed, concentrated, consolidated, packed; callous, hardened, indurate, indurated, set; adamantine, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Longman Activator English vocab
HARD — INDEX: 1. when something does not change its shape or bend 2. food 3. to become hard or make something …
Longman Activator English vocab
HARD — See ↑ DIFFICULT 1,3, ↑ HARD 1,2, ↑ TIRED/TIRING 7 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be hard at work • ↑ be …
Longman Activator English vocab
PUT — n. 25B6; verb she put the parcel on a chair : PLACE, set (down), lay (down), deposit, position, settle; leave, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARD — adj. 25B6; adjective hard ground : FIRM, solid, rigid, stiff, resistant, unbreakable, inflexible, impenetrable, unyielding, solidified, hardened, compact, compacted, dense, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARD — adj. 1 rigid, stiff, solid, inflexible, firm, dense, condensed, compressed, close, solidified, hardened; stony, rocklike, concrete, petrified, granite(-like), flinty, steely; …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HARD — 1. hɑ:d n 1. 1> твёрдая мощёная или бетонированная дорожка 2> твёрдый грунт, по которому можно пройти через топкое болото …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PUT — I put гл.; прош. вр. - put, прич. прош. вр. - put1) а) класть, положить Put the book on the …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HARD — 1. hɑ:d n 1. 1> твёрдая мощёная или бетонированная дорожка 2> твёрдый грунт, по которому можно пройти через топкое болото …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PUT — I put гл. ; прош. вр. - put, прич. прош. вр. - put 1) а) класть, положить Put the book …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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