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Meanings of hard up in English
Not having enough money to pay for necessities.
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Examples for "broke"
Examples for "broke"
1
However, St. Louis broke through just 55 seconds into the second period.
2
However, they broke a long list of lockdown regulations in the process.
3
Good interactions too often broke down before they reached the opposition area.
4
The voice of the tall stranger in the corner broke in here:
5
So I had a really great year - and then went broke.
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Dubai-based Paris Group bought nearly bankrupt fashion house Gianfranco Ferre last year.
2
The company has said those affiliates add value to its bankrupt business.
3
Rawlings has previously said that pension problems threaten to bankrupt the city.
4
The Turpins were declared bankrupt seven years ago, WBC News has reported.
5
Unlike the state, businesses have to produce value -or go bankrupt.
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And, when it all suddenly went belly-up, questions began to be asked.
2
The creature tumbled down the wall and lay belly-up on the floor.
3
CLearly he hasn't heard about the Red Cafe which went belly-up in Dublin.
4
After the summer flood the fishermen find carp floating belly-up in the shallows.
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Like bubbles rising in a cauldron, hundreds of silvery fish bobbed belly-up, dead.
Usage of hard up in English
1
Parents were too hard up to provide any extra money, she said.
2
The wind is blowing hard up above and the waves are high.
3
Some are hard up for a thousand pounds; some for a shilling.
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I took the ring because I was hard up-neededmoney at once.
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The only thing I can think about now is being hard up.
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I managed to get the helm hard up, and Mallet jumped inboard.
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She had got it into her head that he was hard up.
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Then he jerked one of his arms hard up between his shoulders.
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But I went to room there when I was pretty hard up.
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Then I am hard up for money, and I sell my barley.
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Just at this moment I am hard up myself for a fiver.
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We heard this afternoon of a family who are pretty hard up.
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We did not let anybody know how hard up we really were.
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He found me well-nigh as desperately hard up as he is himself.
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But there is no occasion for you to be hard up now.
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I'd get one of my own only I'm so beastly hard up.