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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“Put to it.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20to%20it. Accessed 28 Mar. 2023.

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