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strapped
(străpt)adj. Informal
In financial need: We are strapped for cash right now.
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strapped
(stræpt)adj
slang (often foll by: for) badly in need (of money, manpower, etc); short of
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strapped
(stræpt)adj.
needy; wanting: strapped for funds.
[1775–85]
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strapped
adjectiveInformal. Having little or no money or wealth:
beggarly, destitute, down-and-out, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken.
Informal: broke.
Idioms: hard up, on one's uppers.
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strapped
[ˈstræpt] adj strapped for cash → a corto di soldifinancially strapped → messo/a male finanziariamente
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