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synonyms for get tough with

  • argue
  • bicker
  • break with
  • carp
  • complain
  • differ
  • fall out
  • feud
  • spar
  • squabble
  • tangle
  • wrangle
  • altercate
  • battle
  • brawl
  • bump
  • caterwaul
  • cavil
  • charge
  • clash
  • collide
  • contend
  • contest
  • disapprove
  • dispute
  • dissent
  • divide
  • embroil
  • fight
  • hassle
  • row
  • scrap
  • spat
  • strive
  • struggle
  • vary
  • war
  • be at loggerheads
  • cross swords
  • find fault
  • have it out
  • have words
  • lock horns
  • mix it up
  • object to
  • set to
  • take exception
  • take on

antonyms for get tough with

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  • agree
  • concur
  • harmonize
  • ignore
  • approve
  • endorse
  • give in
  • give up
  • keep
  • make peace
  • retreat
  • sanction
  • surrender
  • yield
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How to use get tough with in a sentence

But this paper was a very tough, fibrous substance, and would resist quite a heavy blow as well as keep out the cold.
OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKE
"Tough—but most of us have been there, one time or another," Goodell observed sympathetically; and with that the subject rested.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
You know that I come of tough fiber—of that old Creole race of Pontelliers that dry up and finally blow away.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
The man called Shiv was driving Delancy's get-away car at a conservative pace so as not to excite suspicion.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUS
Ten minutes later, Delancy drove the get-away car out of the service station.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUS
It was in this room that Delancy's get-away car had changed paint jobs, and in about ten minutes.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUS
Another tough-looking man ran out of the building and jumped into the red car.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWS
But the exquisite was used to it; he would only have felt badly if they had ignored his new get-up.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGEGERTRUDE W. MORRISON
The little shoe, whose silken laces had become loose in walking, lay in the road covered-with dust.
HONEY-BEEANATOLE FRANCE
There was some sort of a phonograph device under the cowl of that get-away car, and this was hooked up to the radio switch.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUS
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