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toughed

verb
SayTUFTUS · UK/tʌft/AUS/tɐft/

1 meaning of toughed

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  1. 1
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of tough.

    She toughed it out through months of grueling rehab.

    The crew toughed out the storm and brought the boat home safely.

    Note

    A regular past form: one spelling serves as both simple past and participle, so she toughed it out and she has toughed it out share it. In practice it travels with out in the sense "endure." A pronoun must sit between the verb and the particle (toughed it out). A noun object can follow the particle instead (toughed out the storm).

toughed is a form of tough

tough, verb: To endure something difficult without giving in. Full entry

Forms
toughtoughs he/she/ittoughing -ing formtoughed past tense, past participle
Spelling
tough → toughed: add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /t/.

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