VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Pressed for time

Meaning:

If you are pressed for time, it means that you are in a hurry.

Examples:

  • We're pressed for time, so you can confess everything now.
  • It's not like we're pressed for time or anything.
  • Yeah, we... you know, we're just pressed for time.
  • An impatient exclamation from the front room reminds me that we're pressed for time, and I'm still standing undecidedly in front of my large wardrobe.
  • All right, it's 2:30 and I am extremely pressed for time.
  • I was pressed for time, and he's very good.
  • Um, we are a little pressed for time.
  • I'm really pressed for time, so where's the key?
  • It's complicated, and she's pressed for time right now.
  • Just, right now, I'm a little pressed for time.