Definition of hard put
:barely able :faced with difficulty or perplexity
- was hard put to find an explanation
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Examples of hard put in a Sentence
she was hard put to explain her department's excessive expenditures
First Known Use of hard put
1893
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Synonyms
baffled, confounded, hard-pressed, nonplussed (also nonplused), perplexed, at a loss, put to itRelated Words
bewildered, confused, disconcerted, fazed; embarrassed, flustered, put outNear Antonyms
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