"hard put" meaning in English

See hard put in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: harder put [comparative], hardest put [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|harder put|sup=hardest put}} hard put (comparative harder put, superlative hardest put)
  1. In a situation that is difficult to resolve.
    Sense id: en-hard_put-en-adj-iCbNWmLl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hard put meaning in English (0.9kB)

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