"have a hard time of it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: has a hard time of it [present, singular, third-person], having a hard time of it [participle, present], had a hard time of it [participle, past], had a hard time of it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> a hard time of it}} have a hard time of it (third-person singular simple present has a hard time of it, present participle having a hard time of it, simple past and past participle had a hard time of it)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) Synonym of have a rough time of it Tags: idiomatic, informal Synonyms: have a rough time of it [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-have_a_hard_time_of_it-en-verb-dwJajZQa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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