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DIRE STRAITS
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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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