hard out
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (corporate jargon) An immovable deadline, at which time someone must leave somewhere, or something must conclude.
Adjective
[edit]hard out (comparative more hard out, superlative most hard out)
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Impressive; awesome.
- 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 321:
- Had it been hard out? Extremely hard out, they assured him, laughing, still bleary, still grainy-faced— and they thanked him again for the gift.