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dire straits

noun

Definitions

  1. A difficult position or situation.

    • After being shipwrecked on the island, we were in dire straits.
    • "I understand the country is in dire straits and has a £2 trillion national debt. […]"

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA