idiom · neutral
press for time
UK/prɛs fɔː(r) taɪm/US/prɛs fɔːr taɪm/press·for·TIME
to be short of time; to have little time available
Examples
“I'm a bit press for time today, so can we meet for 20 minutes only?”
“If you're press for time, focus on the main points in your answer.”
“We were press for time, so we skipped the last section of the report.”
Band 8 sentence
“I was pressed for time during the exam, so I outlined my ideas before expanding them.”
Collocations
- be press for time
- pressed for time
Word family
Common mistakes
press to time→press for time
be pressed on time→be pressed for time
Say it for a higher band
5be busy→6short of time→7+press for time
Synonyms
short of time
in a hurry
Easily confused
short of time
“I'm short of time this morning so I can't stay long.”
in a hurry
“He's in a hurry because he's late for a meeting.”
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