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hard pushed

hard pushed adjective: synonym of hard-pressed (“barely able; having difficulty doing something”).

Adjective

hard pushed (comparative more hard pushed, superlative most hard pushed)

  1. (UK) Synonym of hard-pressed (“barely able; having difficulty doing something”)
    Synonyms:
    hard-pressed

Synonyms of hard pushed

Forms of hard pushed

comparativemore hard pushed
superlativemost hard pushed

Questions about hard pushed

What does hard pushed mean?
Hard pushed means synonym of hard-pressed (“barely able; having difficulty doing something”).
What part of speech is hard pushed?
Hard pushed is an adjective.

Words near hard pushed in the dictionary

  1. hard pines
  2. hard power
  3. hard powers
  4. hard pull
  5. hard pulls
  6. hard pushed
  7. hard put
  8. hard r
  9. hard r's
  10. hard real-time
  11. hard redirect

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