Akademik

dire straits
noun
a state of extreme distress
Syn: ↑desperate straits
Hypernyms: ↑pass, ↑strait, ↑straits

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Dire Straits [Dire Straits]
a British pop group formed in 1977. Their best-known ↑albums were Dire Straits (1978) and Brothers in Arms (1985), which was the most successful ↑album of all time in Britain and sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.

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