be in want

verb

Roget 640: be insufficient etc. adj.; not suffice etc. 639; come short of etc. 304; run dry.    want, lack, need, require; caret; be in want etc. (poor) 804, live from hand to mouth.    render insufficient etc. Adj.; drain of resources, impoverish etc. (waste) 638; stint etc. (begrudge) 819; put on short allowance.    do insufficiently etc. adv.; scotch the snake.    ... show more

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