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tough out

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