had a poor time of it
had a poor time of it is the simple past and past participle of have a poor time of it.
Meaning of have a poor time of it
Verb
have a poor time of it (third-person singular simple present has a poor time of it, present participle having a poor time of it, simple past and past participle had a poor time of it)
- Synonym of have a rough time of it (especially financially)
- Synonyms:
- have a rough time of it
Questions about had a poor time of it
- What is had a poor time of it the simple past and past participle of?
- Had a poor time of it is the simple past and past participle of have a poor time of it.
Words near had a poor time of it in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: had a poor time of it (page history and authors); have a poor time of it (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “had a poor time of it.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/had_a_poor_time_of_it. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.