put to it
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as in hard put
faced with difficulty or uncertainty about what to say, think, or do
She was put to it to hand over the keys to her new car.
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at a loss
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So what would Mark Twain—a man never at a loss for opinions—make of America on the 250th anniversary of its birth?
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“Put to it.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20to%20it. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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