tough

tough idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with tough, also see get tough; gut (tough) it out; hang tough; hard (tough) act to follow; hard (tough) nut to crack.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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