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under the pump
idiominformalUK and Australian English
in a difficult situation or feeling a lot of pressure:
When his team are under the pump he generally comes up with a few good ideas.
I am feeling a little under the pump to lose weight before the wedding.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
a hard/tough row to hoeidiom
abyss
adversity
at your worstidiom
Augean
bad hair day
epidemic
half nelson
hardness
have a bumpy rideidiom
pall
prison
purgatory
push factor
quagmire
quicksand
scrape
strait
the Augean Stablesidiom
the hard wayidiom
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