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Desperate can mean things are very bad or very difficult.
What in the world are you doing?
Jonathan, I'm playing Connect 4 and it's close.
Isn't that for two players?
Yes, but I'm alone so I have to play against myself.
Wow, well, I guess desperate times call for desperate measures.
Hey, I won and I lost.
In difficult times, we do things we probably wouldn't have to do in normal times.
The phrase desperate times call for desperate measures is a way of expressing this.
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