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pressed for time



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Idioms and Phrases

In a hurry, as in How long will it take? I'm really pressed for time . This idiom uses press in the sense of “subject to pressure,” a usage dating from the late 1600s.
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Example Sentences

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"It's very common for parents, who are often pressed for time, to complete everyday tasks for their children, but there's evidence that this behavior demotivates kids from doing things for themselves," said Julia Leonard, assistant professor of psychology in Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the study's senior author.

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“We’re pressed for time,” Sydney reminded him.

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Pressed for time, a working photographer typically made these decisions hurriedly.

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They were pressed for time, and the horse was resistant to getting into the trailer, “so we left Sheyanne.”

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I will say that these characters do speak remarkably fast — they can be hard to understand — but they are, after all, almost always pressed for time.

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