DIRE STRAITS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of extreme distress

Synonyms:

desperate straits; dire straits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("dire straits" is a kind of...):

pass; strait; straits (a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs)

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