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View definitions for be tough

be tough

verb as in hang on

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"President-elect Trump is trying to send a message to people all over the world and also to unauthorized immigrants in the United States that he's going to be tough on immigration," argued Julia Gelatt, the associate director of the U.S.

From Salon

We understand it will be tough.

From BBC

That shouldn’t be tough for anyone in the Senate to agree with.

From Slate

“We ask a lot of the quarterback, so they have to be smart. They have to be tough because they’re going to run and take some hits.”

“Everyone wants to be tough on crime. You wind up with statute books that are full of crimes, many of which don’t get prosecuted.”

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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