pressed for cash

pressed for cash
*pressed for money & *pressed for cash & *pushed for cash & *pushed for money
Fig. needful of money; short of money. (*Typically: be \pressed for cash; become \pressed for cash; get \pressed for cash.) •

We are usually pushed for money at this time of year.

I'm a little pressed for money just now.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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