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the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in difficulty > reduce to straits (11)
enstraita1500

transitive. = straiten, v. To bring into straits or difficulties.

plungea1513

transitive. To cast into difficulty, misfortune, confusion, etc.; to overwhelm, overpower, oppress; (also) to confound, puzzle. Usually in passive

to put or drive to a (or the) shift or shifts1553

to putor drive (one) to one's shifts, to putor drive to a (or †the) shiftor shifts (often with adjective as hard, miserable, etc.): to bring to…

to put (one) to (upon) his trump or trumps1559

to put (one) to (†upon) his trumpor trumps: To oblige a card-player to play out his trumps; figurative ‘to put to the last expedient’ (Johnson).

to drive (a person) near1594

With implied complement. to drive (a person) near: to force into some difficulty or extremity. Obsolete.

to put, drive, reduce, etc. to the last shiftsa1604

one's (or the) last (or †utter) shift: the last resource. to be at (†under) one's last shift(s: to be at the last extremity, in the greatest…

to be hard (also sorely, etc.) put to ita1616

spec. To force (a person) to do his or her utmost; to drive to extremities; to embarrass, to place at a loss or in difficulty. Now chiefly with…

press1672

transitive. In passive. To be inconvenienced or put into difficulty by some circumstance, esp. a lack of or need for something (as money, time, etc.).

pinch1693

transitive. To confine, limit, or constrain (a person); †to trap or pin down (a person) in an argument (obsolete). Also: to restrict (an idea, a…

push1761

transitive. To put pressure or strain on (a person); to bear hard upon; (in passive) to be hard-pressed through lack of time, means, etc. Frequently…

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