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Desperate Straits

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Noun

1. desperate straits, dire straits

a state of extreme distress

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Desperate Straits

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to be in a position of acute difficulty
The company's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.
If we had a child, we'd be in really dire straits.

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