tough out

English

Verb

tough out (third-person singular simple present toughs out, present participle toughing out, simple past and past participle toughed out)

1. (transitive, informal) To endure (a hardship or challenge) by being tough: relying on one's toughness.

   Synonym: tough it out

   Hyponym: thug it out

   Near-synonyms: face it out, stick it out

   When their main crop failed because of drought, they had no choice but to tough it out: they lived in poverty that winter.

   He toughed out his parents' divorce.

Translations

endure — see endure