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hang tough
Idioms and Phrases
Remain firmly resolved, as in We're going to hang tough on this point and not give in . This slangy idiom uses tough in the sense of “aggressively unyielding,†a usage dating from the first half of the 1900s.Example Sentences
Market commentators typically advise investors to hang tough during periods of volatility like this one.
There is every reason to believe right now that the Democrats are going to hang tough this time.
There is every reason to believe right now that the Democrats are going to hang tough this time.
Djokovic proved he could still hang tough with the next generation over five sets when he recovered to beat Alcaraz on Tuesday.
But even in defeat, the Trojans showed they could hang tough with a potential Big Ten power.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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