straits

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a difficult situation, especially because of financial problems:

in difficult straits So many companies are in such difficult straits that their prices have come right down.

in dire straits She is in dire straits and can't afford her medical bills.

There's a sad trail of former millionaires who end their lives in dire financial straits.

Many of our schools are in bad straits at the moment.

They were in desperate straits and writing begging letters to everyone they knew.