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have a poor time of it

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English

Syllables
have a poor -time of it
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of have a rough time of it (especially financially)

Dated; Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

has a poor time of it (present, singular) having a poor time of it (participle, present) had a poor time of it (participle, past) had a poor time of it (past)

Synonyms

have a rough time of it

Questions

What does have a poor time of it mean?
Synonym of have a rough time of it (especially financially)

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