hard put

[hard put] or [hard put to it] {adj.}

In a difficult position; faced with difficulty; barely able.

* /John was hard put to find a good excuse for his lateness in coming to school./

* /The scouts found themselves hard put to it to find the way home./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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