pressed.
Under strain or deprivation.
Meaning & usage
Under strain or deprivation.
The staff was even more pressed for useful intelligence about the enemy's intentions than it was about the enemy's capabilities.
He found himself hard pressed.
Upset, bothered.
Recruited by a press gang.
simple past and past participle of press
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