put to it

phrase

as in hard put
faced with difficulty or uncertainty about what to say, think, or do She was put to it to hand over the keys to her new car.

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at a loss
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  • The Sekai team was at a loss, and Therain recalls calling his wife crying in the lobby of a hotel in Tokyo.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The claim that followed was that every token went out the door at a loss, so scale could only deepen the hole.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
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“Put to it.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20to%20it. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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