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toughed

toughed is the simple past and past participle of tough.

Meaning of tough

Verb

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

  1. To endure.
    • We shall reminisce on how we toughed it through the winters as they reached the firm, long arm around to give the cold embrace, with ardor seldom loosed till warm winds Marched or Apriled in to soften winter's knuckles -- send rivulets of courage down to dandelions and tulips.2009, Paul Walsh, You and I and Others, →ISBN, pages 64 - 65
  2. To toughen.

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Phrases with toughed

Questions about toughed

What is toughed the simple past and past participle of?
Toughed is the simple past and past participle of tough.

Words near toughed in the dictionary

  1. tough-minded
  2. tough-mindedly
  3. tough-mindedness
  4. tough-pitch
  5. tough-skinned
  6. toughed
  7. toughed it out
  8. toughed out
  9. toughen
  10. toughen up
  11. toughenable

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