toughing

verb

SayTUF-ingUS · UK/ˈtʌfɪŋ/AUS/ˈtɐfɪŋ/

1 meaning of toughing

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verb
Present participle and gerund of tough.
The crew spent the night toughing out the storm far from shore.
Despite the pain in her legs, she kept toughing it out until the finish line.
Note
The -ing form of a verb that mostly means "endure," and that verb lives almost entirely in the idiom tough it out: toughing it out through a storm, a long shift, a bad week. The it is empty and stands for whatever must be borne. The rarer meaning, "to toughen," is about making something harder, not putting up with something.

toughing 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 → toughing: add -ing

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