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| hard up(verb, adjective, phrasal verb, difficulty) | |
| in straitened circumstances(adjective, idiom) | |
| badly off(adjective, destitute, broke, needy) | |
| in reduced circumstances(adjective, idiom) | |
| up against it(adjective, idiom) | |
| hard pressed(idiom, difficulty) | |
| in want(adjective, idiom, flat, poor) | |
| out of pocket(adjective, idiom) | |
| sorely pressed(idiom, difficulty) | |
| wiped out(adjective, beat, poor, shabby) | |
| all skin and bones(idiom, dull, slight, thin) | |
| bad off(adjective, flat, poor, low) | |
| behind eight ball(adjective, idiom, flat, poor) | |
| dead broke(adjective, flat, poor, exhausted) | |
| deprived of(flat, poor, exhausted, wanting) | |
| devoid of(flat, poor, exhausted, wanting) | |
| dirt poor(adjective, flat, poor, low) | |
| down to bedrock | |
| feeling the pinch | |
| flat broke(adjective, flat, poor, low) |
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