toughed it out

phrase

past tense of tough it out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for toughed it out
Phrase
  • Towana Looney lived with a pig kidney for a then-record 130 days before it was removed in April 2025 because her body began rejecting it.
    David K. Li, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
  • After her parents divorced in 1946, Steinem lived with her mother, who battled mental illness.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Phrase
  • This led to Pittsburgh tying a record that has stood for more than 110 years.
    Ron Smiley, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In college and in my early days on commercial radio in DC, my name was PMD, which [stood for] Peter from Maryland.
    Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026
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“Toughed it out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toughed%20it%20out. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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