hard up

hard up  {adj.},  {informal}
Without enough money or some other needed thing.
Dick was hard up and asked Lou to lend him a dollar.
The campers were hard up for water because their well had run dry.
Compare: UP AGAINST IT.
Categories: {adj.} {informal}
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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