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    DIRE STRAITS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A state of extreme distressplay

    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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