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IDIOMSLANG TOUGH (as) tough as old boots very tough.This meat is tough as old boots.Bob couldn't eat the steak. It was as tough as old boots. See mean
tough Ⅰ verb to inject a drug into a vein on the underside of the tongue. It is not particularly difficult to guess why this practice is so named US, 1986.► tough it out; toughto bear hardship; to determinedly face up to a difficulty, 2000 Ⅱ ⇨ tough; tuff adjective good, admirable US, 1937
idiomtough► when the going gets tough► tough titty phrasetough[toughed, toughed, toughing]
tough out
tough it out to deal with a difficult situation or strong opposition by being very determined and refusing to give up: Despite all the protests Marcos tried to tough it out, thinking that the Americans would support him.
See:- (as) tough as leather
- (as) tough as nails
- (as) tough as old boots
- a hard act to follow
- a hard nut (to crack)
- a hard row to hoe
- a hard/tough act to follow
- a hard/tough nut
- a tough act to follow
- a tough cookie
- a tough customer/cookie
- a tough guy
- a tough nut
- a tough nut to crack
- a tough pill to swallow
- a tough row to hoe
- a tough spot
- bad times
- be (as) tough as nails
- be (as) tough as old boots
- be (as) tough as shoe leather
- be in a tough spot
- be tough
- be tough on (someone or something)
- be/get tough
- do it tough
- get going
- get tough
- get tough on (someone or something)
- get tough with
- get tough with (someone)
- gut it out
- hang tough
- hang tough on (something)
- hang tough on something
- hard act to follow
- hard nut to crack
- hard sledding
- hard/tough act to follow
- hard/tough sledding
- have a rough time
- have a tough time (of it)
- if the going gets tough
- in a fix
- in a tough spot
- talk tough
- that's tough
- tough act to follow
- tough as an old boot
- tough as leather
- tough as nails
- tough as old boots
- tough break
- tough call
- tough cheddar
- tough cheese
- tough cookie
- tough cookies
- tough customer
- tough egg (to crack)
- tough egg to crack
- tough going
- tough guy
- tough it out
- tough love
- tough luck
- tough nut to crack
- tough nut to crack, a
- tough on
- tough out
- tough row to hoe
- tough sledding
- tough something out
- tough titties
- Tough titties!
- tough/bad luck
- tough/hard/long row to hoe, a
- when the going gets tough
- When the going gets tough, the tough get going
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