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hard time
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As a noun, hard time means a difficulty that can be overcome with effort.
Meanings of hard time
2 meaningsnoun
A difficulty that can be overcome with effort
“we had a hard time getting here”
“analysts predicted rough sledding for handset makers”
Similar: rough sleddingA term served in a maximum security prisontime
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
noun: a difficulty that can be overcome with effort
rough sledding