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Meanings of hard up in English

Not having enough money to pay for necessities.

Related terms

Having no money anymore; having lost all his money.

Usage of hard up in English
1
Parents were too hard up to provide any extra money, she said.
Radio NZ
2
The wind is blowing hard up above and the waves are high.
Tom Swift and His Undersea Search; Or, the Treasure on the Floor...
3
Some are hard up for a thousand pounds; some for a shilling.
The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
4
I took the ring because I was hard up-neededmoney at once.
Up the Hill and Over
5
The only thing I can think about now is being hard up.
The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
6
I managed to get the helm hard up, and Mallet jumped inboard.
Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast
7
She had got it into her head that he was hard up.
The Belfry
8
Then he jerked one of his arms hard up between his shoulders.
The undertaker's gift
9
But I went to room there when I was pretty hard up.
The Workingman's Paradise: An Australian Labour Novel
10
Then I am hard up for money, and I sell my barley.
The Country Doctor
11
Just at this moment I am hard up myself for a fiver.
The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
12
We heard this afternoon of a family who are pretty hard up.
Sunny Boy and His Playmates
13
We did not let anybody know how hard up we really were.
The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Re...
14
He found me well-nigh as desperately hard up as he is himself.
Blind Love
15
But there is no occasion for you to be hard up now.
The Rocks of Valpré
16
I'd get one of my own only I'm so beastly hard up.
The Rocks of Valpré
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