put to it, be

be put to it

To be under strain, stress, or difficulty. Our entire team has been put to it to finish the project before the Christmas deadline. I need a vacation—I'm really put to it lately.

put to it, be

Be confronted with a severe difficulty, as in I was put to it to finish this book on time. This usage is derived from the active sense of put to it, that is, "force or challenge someone to something." [c. 1600]

词组	put to it, be
释义	put to it, be be put to it To be under strain, stress, or difficulty. Our entire team has been put to it to finish the project before the Christmas deadline. I need a vacation—I'm really put to it lately. See also: put Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. put to it, be Be confronted with a severe difficulty, as in I was put to it to finish this book on time. This usage is derived from the active sense of put to it, that is, "force or challenge someone to something." [c. 1600] See also: put The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: be put to it put to it strain stress out stressed out come up against come up against (something) heaping Pelion upon Ossa fish in troubled waters a faint heart
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